Hospital Pharmacists Group Committee election
Nominations are invited from members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Hospital Pharmacists Group for candidates to stand for election to the committee.
There are vacancies for two committee members to represent England. Candidates
must be group members resident in England and may be nominated only by group
members also resident in England. There is a vacancy for one committee member
to represent Scotland. Candidates must be group members resident in Scotland
and may be nominated only by group members also resident in Scotland.
Nominations should be submitted to Meghna Joshi, Secretary to the Hospital Pharmacists
Group, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN (e-mail
meghna.joshi@rpsgb.org), and should be received by 17 March 2007.
Nominations need not be made on a special form. The proposer should state his
or her registered name, registered address and registration number. The nominee
must submit confirmation that he or she is agreeable to the nomination and state
his or her registered name, registered address and registration number.
If more candidates are nominated than there are places to fill, an election will
be carried out by postal vote in April 2008. Only members of the group living
in England will be eligible to vote for two committee members to represent England.
Only members living in Scotland will be eligible to vote for one committee member
to represent Scotland.
The White Paper Trust Assurance and Safety: The Regulation of Health Professionals
in the 21st Century was published in February 2007 and set out the Government's
intention to remove regulation from the RPSGB and give it to a newly-created
General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). A professional body will also be created.
The Society has commissioned an independent inquiry and market research on what
people might want, need and expect from such a body and the details of its functions
and structure will be informed by the results of this work. This may have an
impact on the length of term of office that members elected to the Hospital Pharmacists
Group Committee in this election are asked to serve.
Meghna Joshi
Secretary to the Hospital Pharmacists Group |
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Pharmaceutical Journal