Ensuring Gosport is never repeated A more open culture in the health service is essential to help pharmacists highlight problematic prescribing and prevent tragedies such as those at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.…
A quick guide to medical cannabis With medical cannabis now legal in 44 countries around the world, and the UK likely to follow suit, here is what pharmacists need to know.…
Medical cannabis: what will pharmacy’s role be? How the UK has realised the benefits of medical cannabis and the involvement pharmacists could have in its supply.…
Scottish Pharmacy Board meeting: 4 July 2018 The Scottish Pharmacy Board gathered for its summer meeting at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Edinburgh headquarters on 4 July 2018.…
English Pharmacy Board meeting: 21 June 2018 The English Pharmacy Board held its summer meeting at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s London headquarters on 21 June 2018.…
Welsh Pharmacy Board meeting: 20 June 2018 The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Welsh Pharmacy Board held its summer meeting at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Welsh headquarters in Pontprennau, Cardiff, on 20 June 2018.…
Racial discrimination and the preregistration exam Large differentials in pass rates for particular black and minority ethnic groups are a concern and the regulator needs to do all it can to ensure all students receive the required level of support, regardless of their ethnicity. …
English Pharmacy Board urges Steve Brine to support wellbeing of the pharmacy workforce The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s English Pharmacy Board has written to health minister Steve Brine to ask how the Department of Health and Social Care is planning to support the pharmacy workforce’s wellbeing.…
Tribute: Anthony James (Tony) DraperIt is with much sadness that we announce the death of our former colleague Tony Draper who passed away on 21 April 2018. Tony was an enthusiastic pharmacologist and a real gentleman who made an enormous contribution to the University of Bath in his time as lecturer in pharmacology between 1966 and 1…
Deaths: Anthony James (Tony) DraperOn 21 April 2018, Anthony James (Tony) Draper, aged 82 years, of Bath. Mr Draper was a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for more than 50 years.…
