The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7335 p146-147
5 February 2005

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The Society

Which Council members voted for changes

From Dr I. Stockley, FRPharmS

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council is apparently deaf to the bombardment of protests from the membership about the restructuring of the Register. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society should tell us the names of the Council members who voted in favour of the changes so that we know whom to get rid of at the forthcoming Council elections.

Ivan Stockley
Loughborough, Leicestershire

Reductio ad absurdum

From Mr W. B. Rhodes, FRPharmS

Recently, I telephoned a pharmacist within my circle of acquaintances. Adopting a rather frail tone of voice, I purported to have a problem arising from seasonal excesses necessitating a stiff drink before being able to commence the day’s activities and seeking his advice. To his eternal credit his advice was entirely satisfactory as one would expect from a pharmacist, particularly one with his experience. At that point I resumed my normal voice and informed him that the conversation had been recorded!

Since I know that he is a non-practising pharmacist and will presumably have completed the declaration that he will not give advice on health care I am concerned as to what action I should take with this information.

From my limited experience I would presume that there is no alternative to a referral to the Statutory Committee, both for this most eminent pharmacist and the rest of us non-practising members of the profession who will undoubtedly commit similar breaches unless this ridiculous restraint is removed.

Reductio ad absurdum?

Bruce Rhodes
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Why not have chartered members?

From Dr J. W. Clitherow, FRPharmS

When opinions were canvassed on a designation for retired members and fellows of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society during the consultation stage, I suggested that, following a procedure used by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institute of Biology of using the designation CChem and CBiol for chartered status preceding the grade of membership (eg, CChem, FRSC), the Society might think of doing something similar.

Thus, a practising member (one who has observed the requirements of CPD) might have the designation “CPharm” preceding their grade of membership and retired or non-practising members might just retain the letters designating their grade.

J. W. Clitherow
Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire

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