Martin Astbury and Seema Agha appointed to English Pharmacy Board
At the February
Council meeting, the Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society appointed Martin Astbury and Seema Agha to complete the membership of the English Pharmacy Board.
In the election of a pharmacist Council member resident in England to
serve on the board, Mr Astbury, nominated by Brian Curwain, was the only
candidate.
In the election of a lay Council member resident in England to serve
on the board, there were two candidates. Ms Agha was nominated by John
Gentle and Ray Jobling was nominated by Marcia Saunders. On a vote, Ms
Agha was elected.
Both appointments to the national board are for three years or until
the appointee ceases to be a Council member, whichever is the earlier.
Ms Saunders asked whether it was possible to appoint a deputy for the
lay member of Council. If the pharmacist Council member was unable to
attend, there would at least be other pharmacists there, but if the lay
Council member was unable to attend, there would be no other lay member
there.
The Society’s head of corporate governance, Christine Gray, said
that there was no provision for deputies in the regulations, although
it would be open to the board to invite another lay person along for
a specific meeting, if it chose to do so. The Council had agreed to review
the regulations after three years, and that would give an opportunity
to introduce a provision for deputies, should the Council so wish.
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