Jack Swanston: Linden Warburton - Job Talk
Thu, Mar 24th 2016 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
A recent new member introduces herself through talking about her career.
Two guests were welcomed to last week's
meeting of the Rotary Club by President Mairhi Trickett. Tommy Stevenson,
Hawick and Joyce Wilson, daughter of Past President John Robson, and herself a
Past President of Whitehaven Castle Rotary Club, Cumbria and now of Workington
Rotary Club. The speaker was member Linden Warburton who gave her "job
talk." Linden qualified as a Pharmacist in Liverpool in 1973 and was
latterly the Pharmacist at Boots in Hawick until she retired in 2010. She
looked at the changes which had occurred during her career. All
prescriptions were formerly hand-written as were the labels on the
bottles. The hand-writing prowess of some doctors was notoriously famous
and one GP had to be asked to print his prescriptions! In the 1980's
computers came into use as did repeat prescriptions. She explained the
impact that methadone and needle exchange had for drug users and chemist staff
and also the minor ailment scheme where pharmacists could treat patients without
referral to a doctor. An interesting talk concluded with questions after
which Past President and Paul Harris Fellow Jack Swanston gave the vote of
thanks.
