The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 273 No 7330 p887
18/25 December 2004

Society summary

December Council meeting

The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society met in London on 7 and 8 December 2004. News about various matters raised at the meeting appears here. These report will be supplemented in due course by a verbatim transcript of the meeting’s open sessions published on the Society’s website along with relevant agendas, supporting papers and minutes.

Attendance Those present at the meeting were the President (Nicholas Wood), the Treasurer (John Jolley), Gerald Alexander, Hassan Argomandkhah, Martin Astbury, Shiv Bagga, Sultan Dajani, Digby Emson, Phillida Entwistle, Davan Eustace, Alison Ewing, Christine Glover, Nicola Gray, Gill Hawksworth, Patricia Hoare, Clive Jackson, Bob Michell, Graham Phillips, Michael Schofield, Douglas Simpson, Linda Stone, Noel Wicks and the Secretary and Registrar (Ann Lewis). Also present were the chairman of the Society’s Scottish Executive (Angela Timoney) and the chairman of the Welsh Executive (Mair Davies).

Apologies Apologies for absence were received from the Vice-President (Hemant Patel) and Maurice Hickey.

Guests Present by invitation were Christine Bond (member of the Society’s Scottish Executive), Peter Jones (vice-chairman of the Society’s Welsh Executive), John Reynolds (Mansfield branch), Ruth Rodgers (vice-chairman, Medway branch) and Patricia Thompson (treasurer, Crawley, Horsham and Reigate branch)