Following early work surrounding the creation of these forums, the West Central Scotland* Practice Forum would like to invite all members in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde areas to a meeting on Thursday 25th March at 7pm at The Parish Hall, 266 George Street, Glasgow G1 1QX. A light buffet will be available from 6.30pm to enable the meeting to start at 7pm.
The Scottish Office of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society celebrated the opening of its new premises in Edinburgh at an official ceremony (Tuesday 9 February) with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Nicola Sturgeon.
On Dec 7th, 2009, RPSGB members interested in helping shape their Local Practice Forums met to formulate proposals for the nature and format of their Forum. A transcript of this meeting is now available for download.
Overcoming the problems of long distances, lack of evening ferries and of course "the weather," individuals from NHS Highland and NHS Western Isles are now using web-technologies to video conference into Pharmacy evening meetings in Inverness.
The Scottish Pharmacy Board recently held a roadshow - Scottish Pharmacy First - Your New Professional Leadership Body in your area. If you could not attend or would just like a recap of what happened you can see a copy of the presentation here.
Members discussed the establishment of the new professional body and its role in advising members on legal issues; the new Pharmacy Professional Magazine; stress in the workplace and drug quotas at the 'Scottish Pharmacy First – Your New Professional Leadership Body' roadshow in Ayrshire.