David Mottram, Mark Stuart, Pamela Venning
In just under three years time the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic and Paralympic Games will begin. The massive task of planning the pharmacy services is now well underway. This article describes how the Olympic and Paralympic pharmacy planning is progressing.

New Olympic and Paralympic Pharmacy Clinical Services Group
An Olympic and Paralympic Pharmacy Clinical Services Group has been appointed by the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) under the leadership of Mark Stuart who was the superintendant pharmacist for the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. This group formally began its planning work in April this year and comprises a team of specialist pharmacists, whose skills cover the many diverse aspects of setting up the unique world class Olympic and Paralympic pharmacy services.