Scotland West District Member's Annual Report for Guild Council 2001/02


Group Meetings

Attendance at 2001 AGM

The reconvened Group A.G.M. was fairly well attended with around 10 members present. The original meeting was abandoned as inquorate although the debate on the future of hospital pharmacy was excellent.

Group Meetings

Since the last annual report, there have been six group meetings; two professional meetings, two business meetings and two social meetings.
Average attendance at the meetings was around 20, with the social events being the best attended as usual and considerably raising the average. The District Member was in attendance at most of the meetings

The District Member was in attendance at most of the meetings.

The Group Committee met once to determine the syllabus for the 2001/2002 session.

Membership at February 2002 is around 280.

The Group was not represented at the Group Secretaries Day.

The Group will not be represented at the Group Delegates Meeting for the first time in many years.

The Group was represented at the Weekend School by the District Member and one other Group member.


Review of Group Activities

Thursday 29th March 2001

This was the AGM and supposedly the last meeting in the 2000/2001 session. The debate was excellent but the meeting did not proceed any further as it was inquorate.

Wednesday 6th June 2001

This was the reconvened, and this time quorate, Annual General Meeting.

The Group Committee was elected at the meeting, and the office bearers appointed were -

Chairman

Kay Roberts

Vice-Chairman

vacant

Secretary

Rhona Dykes

Treasurer

Mary McCarron

Publicity Officer

Paul Davies


Wednesday 3rd October 2001

This was the annual ten-pin bowling competition. The winners this year were the team from the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley once again.

Thursday 9th November 2001

This was a joint meeting with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain on pharmacist involvement in LHCCs.

Tuesday 11th December 2001

The Business Meeting had less than its usual low attendance. The meeting was inquorate and no delegates volunteered to attend the GDM.

Thursday 7th February 2002

This will be the annual quiz night.

Two meetings of the session remain. The first is a joint meeting with SCPPE and CPP on CPD and portfolios on 7th March 2002. The second is the A.G.M. which takes place on Wednesday 17th April 2002.


Other Group Information

I am concerned that the Group will disappear due to apathy. Attendances for anything other than social events are poor. We are also still without a Vice-chair of the group.


National Information

The past year has seen two main developments. 6-monthly meetings with the Chief Pharmacist now take place and I now attend meetings of the Association of Scottish Trust Chief Pharmacists.

COLIN RODDEN
1 February 2002