The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 No 7472 p381
6 October 2007

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Letters to the Editor

Open Day

Feeling more optimistic about the future

From Mrs R. J. Clark, MRPharmS

At the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Open Day plenty of opportunity was given to address the Society’s Council members both formally and informally and to see the workings of the Society through the guided tours of our elegant headquarters.

I left Lambeth feeling far more optimistic about the future of the Society and felt proud to be a pharmacist.

Rosemary Clark
Petersfield, Hampshire

At least there is light at the end of the tunnel

From Mr A. J. Rogers, FRPharmS

I am not sure what I expected from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Open Day on 23 September, but I went out of curiosity. I was immediately aware that the atmosphere at Lambeth had changed. With the burden of regulation about to be removed, there seems a genuine desire to reach out to the members and, most importantly, to listen to their concerns and their aspirations.

The mix of the informal and the informative enabled Council members and staff to convey much more clearly what is going on behind the scenes. At last the penny has dropped that their greatest fault was poor communication.

I was concerned when I heard that the new Chief Executive was not a pharmacist, but talking to Jeremy Holmes, and seeing him in action, I was greatly reassured. In the three weeks since he took over, he seems to have established a firm grasp of the issues, and should actually benefit from the absence of preconceived ideas and solutions.

I should like to thank those who organised the event, and hope the Society is able to take the show “on the road” to enable pharmacists around Britain to see what goes on at Lambeth.

May I encourage colleagues to respond to the consultation on the future of our Society. The leadership is at last in listening mode, and we have a unique opportunity to build the professional body that we want and need, rather than suffer the hybrid that was forced on us by the Government. At last, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Alan Rogers
Ewell, Surrey

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