PJ, June 2019, Vol 302, No 7926

Generics manufacturer Bristol Laboratories regains full good manufacturing practice status

Generics manufacturer Bristol Laboratories’ good manufacturing practice status has been fully restored, the company has announced. …

Kenny Black to leave Rowlands Pharmacy after 20 years

The managing director of Rowlands Pharmacy, Kenny Black, is to leave the company after 20 years to “pursue new career opportunities”.…

Blazer of the London College of Pharmacy (around 1940)

This blazer would have been worn by students of the London College of Pharmacy, which was founded in 1899, but it was not part of the official uniform.…

Funding must be in place to support NHS workforce plan pharmacy foundation proposals, RPS says

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has called for funding to be put in place to support proposals for foundation training promised in NHS England’s interim workforce plan.…

Pharmacists excluded from shortage occupation list despite recruitment concerns

A government advisory committee has excluded pharmacists from the shortage occupation list, despite reported difficulties in recruitment.…

Adjuvanted flu vaccine for over-65s effective in more than 60% of cases this winter, says PHE

The new adjuvanted flu vaccine given to people aged over 65 years in England for the first time in winter 2018 had a success rate of more than 60% in protecting them against the virus, according to statistics from Public Health England.…

Pharmacists in the Army Reserve

Anuj K Sunder describes the benefits of being a pharmacist in the Army Reserve.…

Prison healthcare in Wales suffers ‘significant workforce challenges’, RPS says

The delivery of prison healthcare in Wales is suffering “from significant workforce challenges”, with “large numbers of pharmacy staff” required to improve quality of care for inmates, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales has warned.…

Deaths: Graham Bell

On 17 May 2019, Graham Bell MRPharmS, aged 64 years, of Kettering. Mr Bell registered with the Society in 1979. He worked in both community and hospital pharmacy, and he was a longstanding member of Northamptonshire Local Pharmacy Committee (LPC), later Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes L…

Suzanne Scott-Thomas receives special recognition award

Suzanne Scott-Thomas, chair of the RPS Welsh Pharmacy Board, has received a special recognition award at the 2019 Welsh Pharmacy Awards.  …