South West Staffordshire Pharmacy Association will be holding a meeting on:

7pm food for 7.30pm start

The evening will include presentations by:

• Kate Rutter on Health Promotion Campaigns 2008
• Lynne Deavon on the Primary Care Team
• Liz Onions on Clinical governance
• Ruth Goldstein who will give a briefing on the PEC and an update on EHC and sexual health.

This will be a great opportunity for networking and updating with your colleagues and PCT representatives. Please invite locums and employee pharmacists who are involved in the above services.

Could anyone interested in attending please contact Tony James on 01785 247 361 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Please can you confirm your attendance so we can get the catering right.

South West Staffordshire Pharmacy Association will be holding a meeting entitled "Pharmacists working with home care staff".

7pm food for 7.30pm start

The aim of the evening is to get pharmacists and carers discussing the issues around medication that cause concerns with the outcome of better understanding of each others’ perspectives and some positive suggestions and action for closer working relationships.

Please try and come along and bring any locum pharmacist with you as well if possible……it is always much more entertaining and useful than it appears on paper!

Could anyone interested in attending please contact Tony James on 01785 247 361 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Please can you confirm your attendance so we can get the catering right.

South West Staffordshire Pharmacy Association will be holding a Diabetes Update training evening on:

7pm food for 7.30pm start

Dr Phil Coates MB, Head of Endocrinology, Stafford and Cannock Hospitals will deliver a talk entitled "Treating to Target Type 2 Diabetes".

This talk will update us which drugs are used and why plus the necessary lifestyle and medical advice to give. A great resource to help relevant diabetics in general and MURs especially.

Could anyone interested in attending please contact Tony James on 01785 247 361 by 20th september 2007 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

NB Emergency Contraception PGD training on November 15th at Stafford Central
Clinic, North Walls, Stafford at 7pm

South West Staffs Pharmacy Association will be holding a Smoking Cessation Update training evening on:

7pm food for 7.30pm start

Helen Millington will introduce the new smoking cessation scheme,issue paperwork and update all advisors on current issues.All smoking cessation advisors who have not been to an update meeting in the last 2 years should attend the meeting.Could anyone interested in attending please contact Tony James on 01785 247 361 by 20th september 2007 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .