The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 No 7423 p491
21 October 2006

Society summary

October Council meeting

The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society met in London on 10 and 11 October 2006. News about various matters raised at the meeting appears on this page and the following four pages. 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 (Hemant Patel), the Vice-President (Gerald Alexander), the Treasurer (John Jolley), Seema Agha, Martin Astbury, Jonathan Buisson, David Carter, Brian Curwain, Sultan Dajani, Stephen Denyer, Dorothy Drury, Phillida Entwistle, Davan Eustace, John Gentle, Andrew Gush, John Hanlon, Sylvia Hikins, Corinne Hunt, Lorna Jacobs, Ray Jobling, Alan Kershaw, Bob Michell, Lesley Morgan, Graham Phillips, Marcia Saunders, Michael Schofield, Douglas Simpson, David Thomson, Stephen Wells and the Secretary and Registrar (Ann Lewis). Also present were the chairman of the Society’s Scottish Executive (Rose Marie Parr) and the chairman of the Welsh Executive (Peter Jones).

Apologies An apology for absence was received from Colin Ranshaw.

Guests Present by invitation were the following representatives of the Society’s branches: Sarah Cockbill (treasurer, Cardiff and Vale branch); Hin Yiu Chan (West Hertfordshire branch); Faye Hartley (Stockport branch).