Student Roll: Carole Brown, Helen Burns & Fiona Cameron

Carole, Helen and Fiona

Carole, Helen and Fiona

Carole Ramsay's Story (from FB, April 21):

"Well, I hadn't even twigged it was a milestone year - well done Hazel!

I did pre-reg half in Organon (thanks to

Arlene Osman

for her family giving me a home) and half in the old Edinburgh Royal, then to Dundee for 3 years, meanwhile getting married to Davy (coming up for 30th anniversary...) then back to Ayrshire and Arran for the next 7 or so working mainly in mental health. It was a good fit, funnily enough... Then we emigrated to Australia. It has been a great move, and gives us a great lifestyle, especially for our son Sean, who is now a carpenter. Our household also currently boasts two cats - Bob and Fanta.

I still work in mental health in the public hospital system, and wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

Great to see some of the old faces - those really were glorious days! Thanks for starting this up!"

Carole Ramsay

Helen Fiddes' story (from FB April '21):

"Helen Burns - Hello all, my turn now. Can’t believe how time has flown by. Thanks Hazel for setting this up. You have actually made me use Facebook, something that I don’t normally do and thanks to Janice for letting me know about it too. So my story... I did my pre-reg in Boots then headed back to Strathclyde Uni to do research. Quickly realised it wasn’t for me and then headed to London as my boyfriend had got a job at the MHRA. Spent a few years working as a community pharmacist, working in Moss and Tesco. Then decided after a few years that I quite fancied a job in the Pharmaceutical industry. Joined Bristol-Myers Squibb as a Medical Information pharmacist in 1998. I then moved into Pharmacovigilance and have stayed in PV for 20 years now, currently Head of Patient Safety for the UK and Ireland. BMS recently bought Celgene so also now responsible for the dreaded thalidomide- how did that happen! On the personal front, finally married the boyfriend, Shaun in 2000 and have a 19-year-old son, Rory ( 100% Scottish with red hair) but a true Londoner. We are currently living in Twickenham and Rory is at Uni studying Criminology and wants to join the Met.

Helen Fiddes