The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 No 7409 p75
15 July 2006

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· Fellowship
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Fellowship

An inappropriate award, in my view

From Mrs E. E. T. H. Hopkins, MRPharmS

At the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s annual general meeting some members, one of whom worked on the NHS contractual framework for community pharmacy, were presented with fellowship certificates. I am astounded that anyone connected with the new pharmacy contract should be rewarded by the Society. This contract will put some of this new fellow’s colleagues — members of the Society — out of business. I refer, of course, to the low-volume contractors.

In fact, the whole contract was geared to appease the Government. So how does that make someone eligible for fellowship of the Society? An award of an OBE from the Government would have been more appropriate. That the Society should honour someone who has been so intimately involved in this contract is a disgrace.

Ewa Hopkins
Ealing, London

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