In September 2024, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) put forward proposals to take on royal college status, pending a vote of the membership.
With the special resolution vote now underway, each of the national pharmacy board chairs tell The Pharmaceutical Journal why the Society should become a royal college at this time, what it will mean for pharmacists in their countries and how it will impact the future of pharmacy as a whole.
Tase Oputu, chair of the English Pharmacy Board
Jonathan Burton, chair of the Scottish Pharmacy Board
Geraldine McCaffrey, chair of the Welsh Pharmacy Board
More information about the proposals can be found on the RPS website or in The Pharmaceutical Journal’s dedicated hub page on the proposals.
If you have any questions that have not yet been answered, you can email them to feedback@rpharms.com.
Voting is open to full members from 13–24 March 2025 here.
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