Elections to the English Pharmacy Board of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society of Great Britain
Nominations for election as pharmacist and pharmacy technician members of the English Pharmacy Board should be received (via post, hand delivery or fax — not e-mail) by David Pruce, Returning Officer for England, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street London SE1 7JN, by noon on Friday 3 November 2006.
Vacancies Elections are being held for:
(a) Six vacancies for pharmacists in unreserved places
(b) Five vacancies for sectoral pharmacists; that is, one in each of the following
sectors:
- (i) Community
- (ii) Hospital
- (iii) Industrial
- (iv) Academia
- (v) Primary care/public health
(c) One vacancy for a pharmacy technician.
Pharmacist candidates may be nominated for election in the unreserved
category and/or in one sectoral category, should they so wish. No
candidate may be nominated
to more than one of the sectoral pharmacist places. Eligibility A prospective candidate shall be eligible for election only
if his or her name appears within part 1 (practising) of the relevant
Society register and his or her address in that register is in Great
Britain and he or she lives or works wholly or mainly in England.
A prospective candidate shall not be eligible if he or she has failed, by noon
on Friday 3 November 2006, to pay any retention fee then due and payable by
him or her to the Society.
Nominations Nominations for pharmacist candidates in the board election
must be signed by 10 pharmacist nominators whose registered addresses
are in England.
Nominations for pharmacy technician candidates must be signed by one pharmacy
technician nominator whose registered address is in England.
Nominees who are accepting nomination to the Board must enclose with the nomination
form the declaration and undertaking for candidates for election to the board,
duly signed, particulars of the extent and type of work undertaken by the candidate
within and for the profession of pharmacy, a signed statement confirming that
no Society retention fee or penalty due from the candidate remains unpaid,
a declaration of relevant interests, and a declaration of any relevant adverse
decisions, as shown in the statement of policy on election procedures.
The deadline for receipt of all the supporting material, including the candidate’s
details of professional qualifications, photograph and election statement,
should he or she choose to provide them, is noon on Friday 3 November 2006.
All nominations must be made on an official nomination form. To obtain a nomination
form and guidance papers, please contact the Returning Officer for England
at the above address, or by e-mail to EPBelections@rpsgb.org. The nomination
form and the guidance papers are also available from the Society’s website.
A nomination may be withdrawn by notice in writing (not by e-mail) signed by
the prospective candidate and delivered to the Returning Officer for England
at the above address no later than noon on Friday 3 November 2006.
Timetable The electoral roll will be closed at 5pm on 16 November 2006.
Only those pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who are registered with
the Society and whose registered addresses are in England at this time
shall be entitled to vote in this election.
It is expected that voting papers will be posted to the electorate on Friday
8 December 2006. Completed voting forms must be returned by post to the Electoral
Reform Ballot Services Ltd, PO Box 6352, London N1 1YR, to arrive not later
than noon on Friday 12 January 2007.
David Pruce
Returning Officer for England |
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