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The profession
CPP ready to take on leadership challenge
From Mr I. G. Simpson, FRPharmS
I was pleased to see that the College of Pharmacy Practice was mentioned
twice in The Pharmaceutical Journal of 14 October.
The first was in your editorial “Who
are the leaders?” (PJ,
14 October, p436) where you suggest that members of the college faculties
might be considered as leaders of the profession. I agree totally with
this comment and would suggest further that all fellows and members of
the college have demonstrated leadership during the 25 years of the college’s
existence and continue to do so in many different fields of pharmacy
practice. At the college, we are actively encouraging college fellows
and members to stand for the three national boards and I hope that many
of them are elected.
The second mention of the college was in Malcolm Brown’s Broad
spectrum article (PJ, 14 October, p446), in which he predicts the demise
of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as a professional leadership body
and the emergence of a “royal college” based on the College
of Pharmacy Practice. Whether or not the Society continues to exercise
a professional leadership role, the college is keen to work with it and
with other pharmacy bodies to provide the leadership necessary for our
profession. Indeed, we have already provided the Society with a paper
setting out options for closer working and suggesting a move towards
a “royal college” structure. As Dr Brown says, for the college
to take on this role would require an injection of funds and an increase
in membership and capacity and, given that, we would be prepared to take
on the challenge.
I understand that when the college was founded by the Society 25 years
ago, it was the intention that it should evolve into a royal college,
and it would be appropriate to start the second 25 years of our life
with a move to make this objective a reality.
Ian G. Simpson
Chief Executive
College of Pharmacy Practice
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