Announcement of 2012 National Board elections

The Assembly has started the process for the 2012 National Board Elections by confirming the date that Board members will take office (“the effective date”) in 2012. On the advice of the returning officers, the effective date for each National Pharmacy Board is one minute past midnight on the dates below:

• Welsh Pharmacy Board – Monday 25 June

• English Pharmacy Board – Wednesday 27 June

• Scottish Pharmacy Board – Tuesday 3 July

These dates are the first Board meetings following the AGM on 12 June 2012. Exiting Board members and Assembly members will leave office therefore on the respective “effective date”.  

At the beginning of each of these Board meetings there will be a formal session where the Chair and the additional member(s) to serve on the Assembly will be elected.

The current President and Treasurer will continue to hold office so long as they are a member of the Assembly and elected to the position. If they are not reappointed to the Assembly by the English Pharmacy Board or not re-elected to the Board, there will be a period of about three weeks when the Society will have no President and/or Treasurer. Procedures will be put in place to deal with this should the situation occur.

The election cycle will start on 3 February 2012 and more news will follow soon.

The election will be conducted in accordance with the “Election Scheme for members of the National Pharmacy Boards in 2012” made under the Society’s Regulations.

Download the Election Scheme and Regulations »

Please note: Item  15.  “Nominations” – item (5) (b) should read (16) and not (18).

Online Hustings 2012

“Hustings” are debates held during an election campaign where one or more of the representative candidates are present. They are used to gather an informal opinion of relationships between candidates and the electorate.

There will be two rounds of hustings, presenting election candidates with the opportunity to answers questions from the electorate on topics from across the pharmacy profession.

    Description   Start date
Round one
  

Three questions have been put to candidates by members prior to round one. The answers will be revealed at the start of round one for members to review, comment and discuss with candidates. The questions have been revealed below

   Live
Round two
   The results from round one will be used to formulate three final questions. The answers to these questions will again be revealed at the start of round two for further discussion.  

Monday 7 May

The hustings process will happen online via the virtual networks for each country. Questions can be submitted to candidates, along with comments about their answers, by going to the relevant group:

(Note: there will be no hustings process for the Welsh board elections as there were the required number of candidates)