Deaths: Ralph Charles BrooksOn 23 July 2019, Ralph Charles Brooks, aged 96 years, of Ealing, London. A former member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Mr Brooks registered with the Society in 1945.…
Deaths: Mark Anthony LeeOn 20 June 2019, Mark Anthony Lee MRPharmS, aged 52 years, of Leathley, North Yorkshire. Mr Lee registered with the Society in 1989.…
Pharmacists granted iPad access to patient records in NHS Digital trial Staff at two Weldricks pharmacies in the north of England have started using iPads to access the summary care record in an effort to improve interaction with patients.…
NICE recommends aspirin for cancer prevention for the first time Aspirin has been recommended for cancer prevention in draft national clinical guidance for the first time.…
Audit of antibiotics supplied by pharmacy urgent medicine scheme to be carried out by NHS England NHS England plans to audit antibiotics supplied by pharmacists under the NHS Urgent Medicine Supply Advanced Service, at the request of Keith Ridge, chief pharmaceutical officer for England.…
Keith Ridge: ‘This is the most fantastic time for pharmacy ever’ England’s chief pharmaceutical officer speaks about being in the driving seat during one of the most crucial times for pharmacy.…
Pharmacy technicians may take on greater role in dispensing under government proposals Pharmacy technicians could play a bigger role in the dispensing process in community pharmacy under forthcoming government proposals, the Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed.…
Sandra Gidley: ‘It’s not appropriate for the RPS to take a stance on Brexit’ As former chair of the English Pharmacy Board, newly elected president Sandra Gidley says she is in a great place to engage with members and continue steering the Society’s work to raise pharmacy’s profile in the wider healthcare sector.…
We’re grateful for the clarity, but the new pharmacy contract fails to fix our broken market The new community pharmacy contractual framework offers pharmacists some hope of a future, but the flawed Category M reimbursement system — which sees only wholesalers cashing in the chips — still needs to go.…
Gazette Notice: Amendment to Regulation 2.3 — Membership Fees and SubscriptionsThe following amendments to the Society’s Regulations will take effect from 1 October 2019.…
