April Council meeting

摘要

The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society met in London on 5 and 6 April 2005.News about various matters raised at the meeting appears on this page and the following three pages.These reports will be supplemented in due course by a verbatim transcript of the meeting's open sessions published on the Society's website along with relevant agendas,supporting papers and minutes.Attendance Those present at the meeting were the President (Nicholas Wood),the Vice-President (Hemant Patel),the Treasurer (John Jolley),Gerald Alexander,Hassan Argomandkhah,Martin Astbury,Shiv Bagga,Sultan Dajani,Digby Emson,Phillida Entwistle,Alison Ewing,Christine Glover,Gill Hawksworth,Patricia Hoare,Clive Jackson,Michael Schofield,Douglas Simpson,Linda Stone,Noel Wicks and the Secretary and Registrar (Ann Lewis).Also present were the vice-chairman of the Society's Scottish Executive (Rose Marie Parr) and the chairman of the Welsh Executive (Mair Davies).Apologies Apologies for absence were received from Davan Eustace,Nicola Gray,Bob Michell,Graham Phillips and Angela Timoney (chairman of the Society's Scottish Executive).Guests Present by invitation were the following representatives of the Society's branches:Michael Jepson (Birmingham branch),David Morgan (secretary,Clwyd branch),Jean Thurman (vice-chairman,Halifax branch) and Brian Wilkins (Manchester,Salford and Trafford branch).