Scotland West District Member's Report from Guild Council Meeting 12.6.2002



New Council Member
Helen Davis was co-opted as the new District Member for the North West of England.

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Grading Modernisation
Discussions on updating pharmacists grading definitions is to begin shortly. The NHS Pay Unit has decided that this is not a pay but a professional issue and should therefore be discussed with the Chief Pharmacists in each of the Health Departments.

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Annual National Conference 2003

Next years ANC will take place in the Marriott Hotel, Bristol, on 4th-6th April. Some concern was noted that the increasing size of the event was restricting the number of venues around the country capable of hosting it. The theme of the conference will be 'Putting the patient at the centre' and plenary sessions will focus on "What has modernisation done for the patient?", leadership, IT and prescribing.

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Faulding / GHP Compounding Interest Group (CIG) Research Award
This award, launched at the CIG symposium in May, is valued at £1000 and will be made to fund innovation and research in the field of phharmaceutical compounding.

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GHP Effectiveness of Hospital Pharmacy Report
This should shortly be available on the www.ghp.org.uk website.

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Organisational Change
I reported that from 1st October 2002 there would be no trusts in Dumfries and Galloway. All staff will revert to being employed by the NHS Board. Subsequently, I was informed that the same was to happen in Borders.

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RPSGB Groups
The Guild has written to RPSGB about membership of two groups that have been set up. since both the CPD Advisory Group and the Shared Pre-Registration Working Party are likely to make recommendations which affect the terms and conditions of GHP members, it is important to ensure that GHP is represented on the groups.

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New Amicus logo revealed
The new Amicus MSF logo was unveiled at the conference and is shown here.


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Guild Council Meeting 13.6.02
Council met in a special meeting to discuss future working methods. A series of questions were posed, for Council to consider

It is hoped that the outcomes of this day will be implemented over the next few Council meetings and that the answers to the questions raised will further inform Council of how to improve how it works and how it represents members.

Colin Rodden
16.6.02

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