PJ, December 2016, Vol 297, No 7896

Consultation important to give women advice about emergency contraception

29 November 2016: Neal Patel, spokesperson for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), was interviewed on Sky News about a call for emergency contraception to be available on the shelf as a general sale list (GSL) medicine. Patel emphasised how important the consultation was for women, giving them t…

My life as an oncology pharmacist in a private hospital

Oncology pharmacist Davina Lau describes the intensity of working with patients who are having treatment for cancer.…

Need to make use of the capacity of pharmacists as medicines experts

29 November 2016: Sandra Gidley, chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) English Pharmacy Board, was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme about the RPS’s new campaign on long-term conditions. Gidley focused on the RPS’s call for a change in policy to allow non-medic…

Applications open for RPS Qualified Person eligibility panel of assessors

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has a vacancy for at least one assessor for its Qualified Person (QP) eligibility panel of assessors. Applications are invited from members of the RPS who have experience in a quality role including acting as a QP. The RPS, Royal Society of Biology and Ro…

RPS ‘delighted’ with proposed changes to supervision of pharmacists training to be prescribers

Sandra Gidley, chair of the RPS English Pharmacy Board, says the RPS is surprised and delighted to see the GPhC consultation document proposing changes to the supervision of pharmacists training to be prescribers…

PSNC applies for judicial review of consultation on community pharmacy cuts

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has applied to the High Court for a judicial review of the decision to implement cuts to community pharmacy funding in England on the grounds that it believes the secretary of state failed to carry out a lawful consultation.…

Deaths: Bernard Gerald Sinclair

On 11 November 2016, Bernard Gerald Sinclair, aged 90, of Muswell Hill, London. Mr Sinclair registered with the Society in 1950 and left in 2009.  …

Deaths: Tom Webster

On 30 November 2016, Tom Webster MRPharmS, aged 86, of Malvern, Worcestershire. Mr Webster registered with the Society in 1953.   …

Patients need training to use inhalers properly, study finds

Ellipta inhaler device comes out on top in GSK-sponsored research comparing several types of inhaler devices and their misuse among COPD and asthma patients.…

Patients with long-term conditions should be managed by pharmacists

RPS England launches report on long-term conditions at a parliamentary event in the House of Commons.…