The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7353 p707
11 June 2005

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· Birdsgrove House
· Adverse event reporting
· The profession
· The Society

Letters to the Editor

Birdsgrove House

Save Birdsgrove House

From Mr E. P. Crabtree, MRPharmS

Thanks are due to Bill Brookes for raising the issue of Birdsgrove House (PJ, 4 June, p686). At last we have some information, though why the membership could not have been informed much earlier remains a mystery.

It now appears that the Society’s Council is to “make a decision whether to continue with the house” in a matter of weeks. This does not leave much time for the membership to make its views known. Many branches do not meet in the summer. Fortunately the letters pages of The Journal are available.

My own view is that every effort should be made to continue with Birdsgrove House as a rest and recuperation centre. The estimated cost of repairs and alterations should not be too large an obstacle. In my own area a family house can easily cost £200,000 to £300,000. If necessary, perhaps the cost of repairs could be raised by a mortgage on Birdsgrove House itself.

Philip Crabtree
Huddersfield

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