Announcements

Kidderminster Medical Society presents A Burns’ Night Celebration 24^th January 2009 ’ Your President Dr Umesh Udeshi invites you to our first ever Burns’ night Supper at Rock Village Hall As well as the usual Burns’ night formalities there will be: à A three course Meal à A live Ceilidh Band à More than a few surprises! à Please bring your own drinks à Dress and seating informal The cost will be £25 per person. Please respond early as places are limited but no later than January 12^th. Cheques Kidderminster Medical Society Dr Paul Williams Church Street Surgery, Callows Lane, Kidderminster, DY10 2JG Paul.williams6@nhs.net		When the clock has ticked long enough, the alarm bells will ring. Go to the editorials in the current year newsletter TICKING CLOCK… About 2 years ago, I announced my intention to retire as newsletter editor and appealed for volunteers to take over. So far, there has been no response. As planned, I will be hanging up my stethoscope later this year so the autumn newsletter will be my last. If the paper newsletter – so recently reborn – isn’t to perish in infancy, then a successor (or two?) to my role has to step forward. Ideally, this would be in late summer to participate in the production of my final edition. I imagine, in a perfect world, he or she would be a younger member, able to carry on for several years to come, who is involved in Medical Society events, thus keeping a finger on the pulse of any news, and able to organise reports on activities for both website and paper newsletter. Barrie Davies currently runs the website from Cyprus, and also lays out the paper edition. My responsibility is to chase copy then deal with the logistics of getting the paper copies printed, folded, into labelled envelopes and posted. Clearly, there would be advantages in returning all aspects of newsletter production and website maintenance to the local arena but the present system is manageable with only my bare minimum of IT skill. Future editors would of course be free to organise themselves entirely as they wish! Hilary Boyle
december 2008 Letter from martin lewis - chairman of trustees in the correspondence pages
THE WEBSITE Please make notes in your diaries, on your internet Explorer favourites and bookmarks, on the notice board in your staff room and anywhere else that you are likely to see it. The Medical Society now has its own dedicated website where your avid attention and input is required. We will continue to remind you of new editions as they appear but it is hoped that the website will become an interactive up-to-the-minute entity of benefit to all members. Make a point of visiting the website regularly or you may miss out on news and announcements the website can be accessed at: www.kidderminstermedicalsociety.co.uk Retirements Will be acknowledged in future as part of the Annual Dinner PLEASE let SALLY RUMLEY know if you are planning retirement
KIDDERMINSTER MEDICAL SOCIETY POSTGRADUATE BURSARY Applications are invited for the award of a bursary of £3,000 to help support the first year of the Graduate Entry MBChB (or equivalent) course at a UK Medical School. Preference for the successful recipient of the award will be given to applicants who can demonstrate a connection with the Wyre Forest Area. For example this may include: · Applicants who live or work in the Wyre Forest area · Applicants who have lived in the Wyre Forest area within the previous ten years · Applicants who attended secondary school in the Wyre Forest area · Applicants who were born in the Wyre Forest area The bursary will be available for the 2008/09 academic year and applications should be submitted before the end of September 2008. The recipient will be expected to write a short report at the end of the year to update the Society on their progress. Dr M L Lewis Chairman of Trustees Kidderminster Medical Society 117 St John’s Avenue Kidderminster Worcestershire DY11 6AX IF YOU WISH TO EMAIL YOUR APPLICATION OR SPEAK TO DR LEWIS - PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE RESPONSE PAGE
KIDDERMINSTER MEDICAL Society Officers 2008 President Clive Prince Vice- president Umesh Udeshi *Secretary* Sally Rumley *Treasurer* Chris Gait *Social Secretary Paul Williams* *Editors* Hilary Boyle Barrie Davies *GP Tutor* Clive Prince *Education Centre Clinical Tutor (acting)* Paul Newrick Postgraduate Centre *Trustees* Martin Lewis (Chairman) John Tudor Wendy Kingston John Murray Geoff Campion has retired from the Postgraduate Trustees after 40 years of sterling service
THE WEBSITE Please make notes in your diaries, on your internet Explorer favourites and bookmarks, on the notice board in your staff room and anywhere else that you are likely to see it. The Medical Society now has its own dedicated website where your avid attention and input is required. We will continue to remind you of new editions as they appear but it is hoped that the website will become an interactive up-to-the-minute entity of benefit to all members. Make a point of visiting the website regularly or you may miss out on news and announcements the website can be accessed at: www.kidderminstermedicalsociety.co.uk