{"id":63945,"date":"2015-11-10T14:58:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T14:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=972b297a3d38f4dd5db3bfc970bba403"},"modified":"2015-11-10T14:58:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T14:58:08","slug":"news-story-new-members-sought-for-the-herbal-medicines-advisory-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=63945","title":{"rendered":"News story: New members sought for the Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>HMAC advises on the safety, quality and efficacy of herbal medicines. Members will need to possess or develop a working knowledge and understanding of the UK\/European medicines regulatory procedures for herbal medicines and will need to contribute to meeting agenda items by drawing on their expertise. <\/p>\n<p>HMAC invites applications from candidates with experience of committee membership and in one of the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>practitioner in traditional Chinese medicine<\/li>\n<li>gastroenterologist with a recognised leading role in medical education <\/li>\n<li>paediatrician (medically qualified) at consultant or equivalent level who is not a herbal practitioner<\/li>\n<li>lay member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Members will be required to speak on a range of relevant issues and provide advice to <abbr title=\"The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency\">MHRA<\/abbr> when required.  Members should also be prepared to relinquish all personal interests of a financial nature in the pharmaceutical and related industries.<\/p>\n<p>Members will receive \u00a3325 per meeting. Monthly meetings are scheduled but only take place if needed. Six meetings were held during the last year.<\/p>\n<p>If you require an alternative format such as Braille, large print or audio please call Viona Pereira-Marron on 0113 254 5845 quoting the reference EC15-12.<\/p>\n<p>The closing date for applications is 12pm on 1 December 2015.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>See the <span class=\"attachment inline\" id=\"attachment_1274991\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/475672\/151028_HMAC_Information_Pack_-_FINAL_revised.pdf\">HMAC information pack for applicants<\/a><br \/>\n  (<span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">218KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">13 pages<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span> for details of how to apply.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is looking for 4 new members of the Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee (HMAC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}