Ray Fitzpatrick and Tony West suggest that there may now be a reluctance to stand in the election for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council (PJ,March 25,p347).With only eight candidates for the available five places this year,they might be right.It could be that the democratic instincts within the profession have been dulled because over a third of the members of the new Council are appointed rather than elected and only just over half of the Council is elected by pharmacists.
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