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Fees 2009
17 Oct 08 | 12.26 | England Scotland Wales
The Council formally made the Rules relating to the 2009 fee cycle at the October 2008 Council meeting
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Branch representatives’ meeting
17 Oct 08 | 12.19 | England Scotland Wales
At the October 2008 Council meeting, the Council finalised its responses to the motions presented at the branch representatives’ meeting in May 2008
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Society awards
17 Oct 08 | 12.16 | England Scotland Wales
The Council agreed at the October 2008 Council meeting that no new awards should be created until after the new professional body is established
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BPC 2008
17 Oct 08 | 12.11 | England Scotland Wales
More than 200 people who attended the 2008 British Pharmaceutical Conference in Manchester have responded to a survey, JOHN GENTLE told the October 2008 Council meeting
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Amended fees for examiners decided
17 Oct 08 | 12.08 | England Scotland Wales
New fees for chairmen and members of the Board of Examiners for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s registration examination were agreed at the October 2008 Council meeting
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Technicians transferred to the statutory register will receive letters of certification
17 Oct 08 | 12.05 | England Scotland Wales
Pharmacy technicians whose names are transferred from the voluntary register to the statutory register are to be issued with a letter of certification, it was decided at the October 2008 Council meeting
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Council approves use of patient-returned and date-expired medicines in the event of pandemic flu
17 Oct 08 | 11.59 | England Scotland Wales
Medicines returned to pharmacies by patients and those that are date-expired can be used in the event of pandemic influenza, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council decided at the October 2008 Council meeting
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Designing a broader church — how we can all have our cake and eat it
16 Oct 08 | 17.27 | England Scotland Wales
The intrinsic value of any professional to society surely derives from the application of his or her unique knowledge, skills and professionalism. Our knowledge is what defines us as pharmacists, hence education will be the central function, the raison d’être for our new professional body, the platform upon which everything else will be built
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With more open arms
16 Oct 08 | 17.07 | England Scotland Wales
Judging from the correspondence to The Journal over the past year, many would have thought that the most controversial decision that the new professional body could make would be over the status of pharmacy technicians. However, now it seems the role of non-pharmacist academics and other scientists is causing just as much controversy
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Students learn to give naloxone and resuscitate in cases of overdose
16 Oct 08 | 16.56 | Scotland
Pharmacy students at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen will be offered training in naloxone administration and resuscitation skills from November 2008
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