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23 May 1955: Prince Philip becomes the first honorary Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society

The day that the Duke of Edinburgh accepted an honour from the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.…

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.…

Candidates for the 2021 elections to the national pharmacy boards

The following nominations have been received for the forthcoming Royal Pharmaceutical Society national pharmacy board elections. Where elections are to be held, ballot papers are due to be distributed on or around 29 April 2021, with voting closing at 17:00 on 13 May 2021. The results will be …

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.…

RPS elections 2021: board members explain why members should stand

Nominations for the 2021 Royal Pharmaceutical Society national pharmacy board elections opened on 11 March 2021 and close on 1 April. The Pharmaceutical Journal asked six board members why they stood for election, and why other members should consider doing the same.…

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”.…

Reaching for the cloud: the case for a universal digital patient record

Pharmacists have long called for read-write access to the patient record, with patient consent. In this blog, Clare Morrison, director for Scotland at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, makes the case for going one step beyond: holding patient records in a single, universal data cloud.…

RPS commits to proactive anti-racism

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has made 11 commitments as part of its anti-racism pledge.…

RPS joins APTUK and NHS England to launch action plan for inclusive pharmacy practice

The joint plan will include actions that pharmacy teams should incorporate into practice to “benefit the health of our diverse communities”.…