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Popat On 19 August, Vasantkumar Balubhai Popat, MRPharmS, aged 56, of
10 Trinity Close, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2AF. Mr Popat registered
in 1976.
Puckette On 13 August, Stuart Albert Puckette, MRPharmS, aged 86, of
213 Park Crescent, Erith, Kent DA8 4EF. Mr Puckette registered in 1951.
He was a licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music and of Trinity college
of Music, London, and an associate of the Royal College of Music.
Townson On 10 August,
Alan Edward Holmes Townson, MRPharmS, aged 49, of 280 Apperley Road,
Apperley Bridge, Bradford BD10 0PX. Mr Townson
registered in 1983. See tribute
Windemer On 9 August, Olive Windemer, MRPharmS, aged 97, of 64 Tewit
Well Road, Harrogate HG2 8JL. Miss Windemer registered in 1935.
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Tributes
Efthymiou In
a tribute to the late Nickos
Efthymiou (PJ, 25 August, p218),
BOB RIHAL, on behalf of family, friends and colleagues, writes:
Nickos
Efthymiou died on 19 July after a brave battle against cancer. All
those who worked with Nickos will remember his great enthusiasm, and
zest for life. He came from community pharmacy to work on community
pharmacy development for Croydon Health Authority, and then moved to
Bromley Primary Care Trust to develop his career as a pharmaceutical
adviser.
Most recently he was associate director pharmacist of Lewisham
PCT, where he managed to complete an MSc in public health as well as
carrying on with his responsibilities at the PCT. This is a considerable
achievement.
Nickos did his work enthusiastically, but also caringly. His gentle
humility touched people across the whole of the pharmacy profession.
He had achieved
some landmark pieces of work in his field, even through his illness,
always fighting and always eternally optimistic and smiling.
One of his great strengths was his ability to communicate with colleagues
across the spectrum of the NHS. A pharmacist colleague spoke of Nickos
coming to visit his pharmacy, he never came across as the big PCT pharmacist
but always as a peer, and Nickos had the ability to make you feel you
were the centre of the discussion when he spoke and listened to you.
The answer was that he listened and heard.
Nickos had a passionate belief in the profession of pharmacy, and was
a great advocate for pharmacy throughout the whole of his career. He
was continually developing and sharing ideas on how to move the practice
of pharmacy forward. He truly was one of the unsung heros of our profession
for all his contributions at both PCT and a wider level.
Time has robbed his family and us of an honourable and caring man, who
was immensely proud of his wife and two beautiful daughters.
Nickos’s family has asked for any donations in his memory to be
made to The
Children’s Society
Jefferies In
a tribute to the late Rodgers
Featherstone Jefferies (PJ, 23 June, p753),
STUART KELLY, BOB KEITLEY and BARRY WILSON write:
We were saddened
to hear of the death of Rodgers on 15 April this year. We first made
his acquaintance in the mid 1960s when he was managing
the Boots The Chemists store in Chaddesden, Derby. He always impressed
on us, and on other younger colleagues, that the needs of the patients
were our most important concern and he spent many hours of his own
time delivering prescriptions and medicines to the elderly and infirm
over the years before it became common practice to do so.
After a few years Rodgers moved to manage the Boots The Chemists store
in Ripley, Derbyshire and, rather late in his career, achieved a lifetime
ambition on opening his own pharmacy in the town.
Rodgers joined us as a member of the Southern Derbyshire Local Pharmaceutical
Committee (now Derbyshire LPC) in April 1986 and was appointed secretary
in June that year, a position he retained until retirement from the
SDLPC in March 2005. During this time he strove to represent the interests
of pharmacy contractors with sincerity and vigour, and would forcefully
argue his case where he felt those interests were being put to a disadvantage.
Rodgers served the SDLPC with diligence and hard work, and with a typical
determination to promote and defend the profession of pharmacy.
Rodgers had a passion for travel and later in life met his future wife
Emma while they were both on holiday in Portugal.
Mr Kelly adds: another of Rodgers’s passions was cricket and
we both played together for a local Derbyshire side for many years.
It was a relaxation away from pharmacy and the game was enjoyed but
never taken too seriously. We usually retired to the local hostelry
to enjoy the company and recharge ourselves with a pint or two of brown “medicine”.
Rodgers also did the honour of asking me to be best man at his wedding
to Emma in 1987 and he subsequently became godfather to two of my daughters,
whom he adored.
Mr Keitley adds: I am eternally grateful for Rodgers’s friendship
and the considerable secretarial support he gave me during our long
acquaintance while serving on the SDLPC.
Although Rodgers had the misfortune to suffer ill health in recent
years he still managed to enjoy life as much as he could and continued
his travels.
Rodgers and Emma celebrated 20 years of happy marriage in March this
year, but unfortunately he passed away a few weeks later. We shall
greatly miss his friendship and support — pharmacy has lost a
true professional. Our sympathies and thoughts are with Emma at this
difficult time.
Townson In a tribute
to the late Alan Edward Holmes
Townson, JUDY NOWELL,
of Locums4u, writes:
Alan Townson will be remembered as a gentleman of
the highest calibre, a most honourable and dedicated pharmacist,
having the highest principles and adhering to them. He was a most willing,
helpful and popular locum, often giving cover at a moment’s notice
to oblige our customers.
He will be greatly missed, not only in his professional
capacity but as a man of great personal charm. His death is a sad loss
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