The Journal of 7 June brought together a number of important issues related to the future of the pharmacy profession. I refer to Graham Phillip's views on the Privy Council (p687); Douglas Simpson's comments on the Waterloo Group (p688); and the branch representatives' resolution on a pharmacist...

From Mr D. A. Morgan, FRPharmS The College of Pharmacy Practice welcomes the assurance given by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Chief Executive and Registrar Jeremy Holmes, that the Society and its Council are committed to the development of an influential supportive and inclusive professional...

14 June 2008 The Pharmaceutical Journal (Vol 280) 719 www.pjonline.com Agenda

Churchill tribute to pharmacist discovered A letter from Winston Churchill paying tribute to the achievements of Edward Harrison the pharmacist credited with inventing the gas mask that saved hundreds of thousands of soldiers' lives in the 1914­18 war, has recently been discovered it was disclosed...

Churchill tribute to pharmacist discovered A letter from Winston Churchill paying tribute to the achievements of Edward Harrison the pharmacist credited with inventing the gas mask that saved hundreds of thousands of soldiers' lives in the 1914­18 war, has recently been discovered it was disclosed...

is professor of pharmaceutical and public health policy, The School of Pharmacy, University of London

728 The Pharmaceutical Journal (Vol 280) 14 June 2008 Transactions and Official Notices

By Andrew R. Lowey, DPharm, MRPharmS, and Mark N. Jackson, MPhil, MRPharmS

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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Charter medals for 2008 have been presented to two women pharmacists who have made a mark on the profession. The Charter gold medal has been awarded to Soraya Dhillon, head of the new school of pharmacy at the University of Hertfordshire, and the silver medal has g...