Key to candidates’ particulars
and declarations of interests for both Council and national boards
Candidates’ particulars Particulars
of candidates in Council and national board elections are given
in a standardised format,
beginning with name, town, age and registration number, followed
by current positions held and previous positions held.
For both
current and previous positions, the information is subdivided as
follows:
(i) occupation (branch of pharmacy and position held)
(ii)
public service positions relevant to pharmacy
(iii) positions
held as
an officer or member of the governing body or committee of a pharmaceutical
organisation, including a branch or region of the Society
(iv)
positions
held as an officer or member of the governing body or committee
of any organisation associated with health or healthcare, science
or
education where relevant to pharmacy
Candidates’ declaration of relevant interests Candidates
are required to declare any relevant interests not given in the
particulars
of work above, under the following headings (all items are obligatory)
(a)
employment — full-time and part-time, with details of employer
and nature of duties, including paid directorships of companies
(public or private), full-time paid employment and part-time paid
employment
(b) offices held —offices for which the candidate
is paid (where this includes membership of any other healthcare
organisation,
the
nature of such membership and any office held must be indicated)
(c)
other paid activity — including consultancies, self-employed
work (including contract work) and paid contributions to professional
and scientific publications)
(d) sponsorship — including
awards, sponsorship, bursaries, research grants, etc
(e) unpaid
activity — including
membership of organisations, committees, etc, not already listed
(f)
family interests — financial interests of the candidate
or close family members that might be considered relevant to the
candidate’s position as a member of the Council or a board
(g)
beneficial interests in shareholdings — names of companies
or other bodies in which the candidate has, either on his or her
own behalf or on behalf of a spouse or infant children, a beneficial
interest in shareholding of a nominal value greater than one-hundredth
of the issued share capital |
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Pharmaceutical Journal