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PSMG January Meeting13/03/2007
The January PSMG meeting at Warren House, Kingston-upon-Thames, was attended by around 50 pharmaceutical sales managers.Presentations began with Paul Midgely, from the Healthcare Partnership, providing a comprehensive analysis of the White Paper: Our Health, Our Care, Our Say. The session looked at the paper in great detail, highlighting the opportunities it presents for the pharmaceutical industry. Critically, the reforms will give rise to an expansion in the industrys customer-base beyond the traditional clinician. Furthermore, the White Paper provides genuine opportunity for companies to partner with the NHS as it grapples with the reform agenda.Alison Bell, Partner at commercial law firm, Bond Pearce, gave the first of two compelling interactive sessions on employment law. The key to legal success is often to get a good brief in this case, Alison was certainly given a wide-ranging brief, and was challenged to provide an update on some of the hottest topics in employment legislation. Her first presentation looked at disciplinary and grievance procedures, long-term sickness, changing terms and conditions and compromise agreements. It also looked at two items of new legislation; TUPE and the Work and Families Act. Following lunch, Alison returned to cover the thorny issue of Age Discrimination. Seemingly this, along with the implications of the imminent smoking ban, in particular the aspect of smoking in company cars, set the audiences pulses racing. The final session was led by David Fisher, Commercial Director at the ABPI. This presentation provided an overview of the challenges facing the UK pharmaceutical industry in 2007. The major issues were outlined as; the OFT market study into the PPRS, the future of UK drug distribution, the HSC enquiry into NICE and HTAs, and the MISG report on the pharmaceutical industry. The ABPIs conclusion, at a time when many of the industrys practices and processes are under the microscope, is that medicines are not part of the problem, they are part of the solution. The meeting was sponsored by Excel Communications, IMS HEALTH, Training Central and Zenopa. As a PSMG member, you are entitled to attend four such meetings a year for a fee of only £450. Non-members are also welcome to attend at a cost of £250 per meeting, providing they meet the membership criteria. The next meeting of the year is on Tuesday 24th April at Ettington Park Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon. For further details visit www.psmg.info or contact secretary@psmg.info |
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