Same tactics the RPSGB used to sweet-talk pharmacists who had not had the chance to debate the matter properly to vote for the new charter and the prospectus.
Leading article in this week's P.J., pro let-the-students-in article on page 555, full-page advert one the back cover, letter from the president of the RPS and a propaganda advert (with the usual smiling faces) included with the voting paper in the same envelope. Burma is more democtratic.
Personally I want to let pharmacy undergraduates in as associate members of the RPS, I also want pre-reg students to be allowed. Trouble is I don't want other people with B.Pharm or M.Pharm degrees who are not registered as pharmacists and who do not work in pharmacies to become associates and use the ARPharmS post nominals.
Now you might disagree with me but that's alright. What is not alright is that there is no way I can vote for what I want in this ballot. Disenfranchised!
I competely agree. Its like a vote in the U.S congress. Tag something slightly unpalatable onto a bill we all really want to vote for. From the ocassional nutter who we read about in the PJ we already hae trouble enough keeping the reputation of pharmacists intact. Letting people with no real association into the society will just leave the benefits of membership open to abuse.
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