News New RPS director for Scotland appointed Laura Wilson, who is currently policy and practice lead for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland, will take up the role of director on 23 January 2023.…Published: 16 January 2023
News Nearly three-quarters of pharmacy staff considered leaving profession in the past year, finds RPS survey The proportion of pharmacy staff who have thought about leaving their role or the profession has significantly increased over the past year, from 32% in 2021 to 73% in 2022.…Published: 12 January 2023
News Long service of membersThe Pharmaceutical Journal is marking long service of members by publishing the names of Members and Fellows of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society who reached 50, 60 or 70 years of continuous membership in 2022. Members wishing to have their contact details forwarded to any of these people should a…Published: 12 January 2023
News Pharmacy teams could visit community and faith groups to cut health inequalities, says Royal Pharmaceutical Society A position paper published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society suggests how organisations can work together to address health inequalities.…Published: 11 January 2023
News Three-quarters of public support pharmacists prescribing their medication, survey results show Of more than 2,000 respondents to a survey inviting people to give their views on community pharmacy, 77% said they were highly confident in pharmacists prescribing medication.…Published: 5 January 2023
News Almost half of pharmacists have experienced abuse in the past six months, finds RPS survey Data from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's workforce wellbeing survey have revealed 44% of pharmacists have experienced physical or verbal abuse in the past six months.…Published: 22 December 2022
News New ten-year vision for pharmacy says pharmacists will play important role in use of genomic data The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the King's Fund developed the vision with input from pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and patients.…Published: 14 December 2022
News Assembly meeting: 16 November 2022 Members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Assembly met to discuss professional standards, equality, diversity and inclusion data, and Fellowship.…Published: 9 December 2022
News Pharmacies should collect workforce disability data, concludes Scottish pharmacy roundtable Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from across Scotland met to discuss how to better enable people with disabilities to work in pharmacy.…Published: 2 December 2022
News RPS reports ‘exponential’ increase in applications for consultant credentialing Exclusive: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has received 23 applications from pharmacists to become consultants in the past six months, in comparison to 35 applications in the previous 19 months.…Published: 25 November 2022
