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The Council
Support for actions taken by the Council
From a group of past presidents of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
You will recall that the undersigned past presidents of our Society
took the unprecedented step of writing to express
our concerns about
the Society’s former proposals for a new Royal Charter, in particular
the diminution of the Society’s role as the professional representative
body for pharmacists (PJ, 6 July 2002, p15).
The Council has now agreed revisions to that draft Charter which will
reaffirm the fundamental object of the Society as the professional representative
body. Under the provisions of this new Charter the Council will be able
to establish a committee with delegated power to achieve this object
and we trust it will do so. We congratulate the Council on making these
changes.
We also welcome the fact that members now have the opportunity to vote
on the proposed new Charter — it is right that this should be so.
Under the present Charter, registered pharmacists are members of the
Society and it is they who make decisions on its future, a concept which
must be preserved for future generations.
We believe that the revisions made by the Council represent a great advance.
Having expressed our concerns in the past, we now consider it fitting
that we express our support for the actions taken by the Council. It
is our hope that all members will give full consideration to the proposed
new Charter and use their vote to determine the future of their Society.
John Balmford
J. P. Bannerman
Geoff Booth
Ian M. Caldwell
David Coleman
W. M. Darling
Herbert Grainger
Colin Hitchings
Hopkin Maddock
David Sharpe
Past Presidents
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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Pharmaceutical Journal