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Gazette notice: Amendments to Regulations following October 2025 Special Assembly

Background In accordance with the Special Resolution Vote passed by the RPS members and Fellows in March 2025, the Society is now taking steps to enact the necessary changes to the governance to ensure a smooth transition to becoming the Royal College of Pharmacy with charity registration. The…

Published: 20 October 2025

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National pharmacy board meetings: September 2025

In September 2025, the national pharmacy boards heard updates on new or updated policies on patient safety, aseptic preparation services and assisted dying.…

Published: 15 October 2025

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RPS appoints new chief scientist

Amira Guirguis, who chairs the RPS science and research committee, will begin her role on a phased basis from 13 October 2025.…

Published: 8 October 2025

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Digital skills should be a ‘core competency’ for all healthcare staff

Attendees at a Royal Pharmaceutical Society roundtable emphasised the need to equip pharmacy workers “with confidence and competence to use digital tools to ensure safe and equitable patient care”.…

Published: 6 October 2025

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Jeremy Miles praises ‘incredible’ work of pharmacists and announces review of general practice pharmacy

Exclusive: The Welsh cabinet secretary for health and social care said “there is a huge role which pharmacists are playing in a range of settings, and I want to see that grow”.…

Published: 26 September 2025

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RPS launches new three-year goals to advance pharmacy services in Wales

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society said that its goals for 2025–2028 focus on scaling services to enable equal access to care, wherever or however patients access them.…

Published: 26 September 2025

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Geraldine McCaffrey appointed RPS director for Wales

The current chair of the RPS Welsh Pharmacy Board will take over from Elen Jones on 1 December 2025, who is moving onto the role of pharmacy dean at Healthcare Education and Improvement Wales.…

Published: 24 September 2025

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RPS urges patients to seek medicines information from ‘trusted source’ after Trump links paracetamol and autism

The president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society urged anyone with concerns about their medicines to speak to a pharmacist or a trusted healthcare professional.…

Published: 23 September 2025

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Clinical academic receives 2025 RPS Barnett Award

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society said that Adam Pattison Rathbone’s “leadership, inclusiveness and dedication to others’ growth have made a lasting impact on the profession”.…

Published: 9 September 2025

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Claire Anderson receives FIP Distinguished Service Award

The president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society was given the award in recognition of her contribution to the development and improvement of pharmaceutical education across the world.…

Published: 1 September 2025