Hundreds Of Members Help Shape Pharmacy's Future, UK

Main Category: Pharmacy / Pharmacist
Article Date: 06 Dec 2007 - 3:00 PDT

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President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Hemant Patel, this week extended his congratulations and gratitude to hundreds of members, technicians and preregistration trainees who have been engaging in the Pharmacy 2020 consultation.

More than 50 Pharmacy 2020 meetings have been organised by 21 pharmacy champions across Great Britain. Through Pharmacy 2020 the Society aims to determine where pharmacy will be in 10 - 15 year's time and the route it will take to get there. The consultation, which closes on 28 December, is designed to collect members' opinions on the future of the profession.

Hemant Patel says that it is important for members have a stake in the future of the profession: "Pharmacy 2020 offers us all a unique opportunity to help influence our future. Its success relies on the participation and commitment of the membership. Please, if you have not already done so, complete the consultation document: together, we can make a real difference to the future of the profession."

External stakeholders including pharmacy, non-pharmacy and public and patient groups are also being asked for their input in to the Pharmacy 2020 consultation. Letters from the President have been sent, inviting them to contribute to the consultation and help build a vision for the future.

Members can respond to the Pharmacy 2020 consultation on the Society's website, http://www.rpsgb.org, or by completing the Pharmacy 2020 document distributed with The Pharmaceutical Journal on 6 October.

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