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NICE has ‘failed to listen to patient evidence’ on prescription drug withdrawal, claims parliamentary group

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence has criticised the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on its new guidance on tapered withdrawal of dependency-forming drugs.…

Published: 21 April 2022

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Only one in ten pharmacy professionals feel confident on pharmacogenomics

Exclusive: Almost nine out of ten pharmacy professionals said they expect to use pharmacogenomics to guide the treatment of patients in future, but very few feel confident about the change to their practice.…

Published: 20 April 2022

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Candidates for the 2022 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 2022, with voting closing at 17:00 on 9 May 2022. The results wil…

Published: 8 April 2022

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RPS membership to be offered free of charge to refugees fleeing war and conflict

Complimentary three-year associate membership to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society will be available to all pharmacists, pharmacy students and pharmaceutical scientists arriving in Great Britain after fleeing current war and conflict.…

Published: 4 April 2022

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RPS directors depart amid executive team restructure

Gail Fleming, director for education and professional development, will leave her role on 7 April 2022, while Robbie Turner, director of pharmacy and membership experience, left his role on 31 March 2022.…

Published: 1 April 2022

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RPS shifts 80% of investments away from fossil fuels

Rick Russell, director of operations at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said the Society plans to move the remaining 20% of its investments into a fund exclusive of fossil fuels.…

Published: 24 March 2022

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RPS ends membership of international pharmacy body

Claire Anderson, president of the RPS, said Assembly members “felt that there was no perceptible value in membership of FIP”.…

Published: 23 March 2022

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RPS calls for complete ban on online diet drug

The RPS believes that 2,4-Dinitrophenol should not be supplied under any circumstances.…

Published: 11 March 2022

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Pharmacists should be first point of contact for common clinical conditions, survey suggests

An Ipsos Mori survey of 1,107 members of the Scottish general public also revealed that 87% of respondents thought it was important for pharmacists to prescribe medicines.…

Published: 9 March 2022

Opinion

Tase Oputu and Lola Dabiri: ‘We are the first, but we don’t want to be the last’

We talk to the only black pharmacists currently on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Boards about how, and why, pharmacy must change.…

Published: 4 March 2022