Corrinne Burns

Royal Pharmaceutical Society Correspondent

Corrinne Burns is Royal Pharmaceutical Society Correspondent at The Pharmaceutical Journal.

COVID-19 vaccines have prevented more than 10,000 deaths in England, PHE says

Public Health England has calculated that 10,400 deaths have been prevented in England by the COVID-19 vaccination programme.…

MPharm student intake increases by more than 10% for second year running

Exclusive: Data show that 4,148 new students began their first year of an MPharm degree in 2020–2021, compared with 3,743 in 2019–2020.…

There is an official shortage of pharmacists: what now?

In March 2021, pharmacists were added to the Home Office’s shortage occupation list, leading to questions over how to tackle this issue.…

RPS pharmacy board election candidates more than double in 2021

Across the three national pharmacy boards, a total of 48 candidates are standing for election in 2021 — up from 21 candidates in 2019.…

Peter Gerald Homan (1938–2021)

Retired pharmacist Peter Homan will be greatly missed at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum, where he volunteered for many years.…

RPS president Sandra Gidley to stand down after current term

The president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Sandra Gidley, will not seek re-election in the 2021 elections.…

RPS Scotland consults on Pharmacy 2030: a vision for community pharmacy over the next decade

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland has published a vision for what it hopes community pharmacy will look like at the end of the decade.…

Pharmacy regulator’s fitness to practise decision in ‘antisemitism’ case referred to the High Court

The Professional Standards Authority is seeking to overturn a decision made by the General Pharmaceutical Council fitness to practise committee to issue a warning to a pharmacist who made "offensive" remarks at an Al Quds Day rally.…

RPS Wales welcomes £100m investment in pandemic recovery

A recovery plan, published by the Welsh government, states that “developing the role of our community pharmacy in services, especially clinical services, will build on the developments we saw during the pandemic”.…

More than 2,600 candidates sat March 2021 registration assessment

The General Pharmaceutical Council said that 2,670 candidates sat the registration exam, more than 200 fewer than had originally booked a place.…