PJ, May 2007

Council rejects affiliation by non-pharmacist bodies

The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has rejected a suggestion that bodies such as the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK and the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences should be able to affiliate to the Society and receive paid services. At a special Council meeting on 16 May, John …

AGM rejects motion objecting to technician role in professional body

After an impassioned debate, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's annual general meeting rejected a proposal demanding that the Council give no further thought to the possibility of pharmacy technicians becoming full members of either the Society or a new body akin to a royal college.The motion, pro…

Society urged to tell government it should ‘butt out’

A suggestion that the Royal Pharmaceutical Society should tell civil servants and ministers to butt out, and stop interfering in the future of pharmacy's professional body, was among a number of forthright comments made by members of the Society who attended a presentation by the Secretary and Regis…

Forget political correctness — let us get to the point

Hemant Patel stated the Royal Pharmaceutical Society is working to create a royal body for the pharmacy profession (PJ, 31 March, p369-370). Would he care to state, for the record, whether he expects or wants membership to be voluntary or compulsory? Furthermore, why is the Society considering …

Shrouded in mist

Although Lord Carter of Coles has now endorsed the recommendation set out in the White Paper 'Trust, Assurance and Safety' (p573) and supports the establishment of a pharmacy regulator — a General Pharmaceutical Council — the other structure — a body akin to a royal college — remains shr…

Royal college will be a new body

With reference to The Pharmaceutical Journal of 5 May (p512), I was concerned about the content of your leading article entitled “Let the Society be preserved”.The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has both regulated and led the pharmacy profession for many years. As pointed out in the White Paper …

Locum pharmacy: SOPs and the self-employment status of locums

In his recent letter (Pharmaceutical Journal, 5 May 2007), A. Matalia implies that IR35 is a major consideration before signing standard operating procedures (SOPs). In fact, IR35 is only of relevance if an intermediary (company or partnership) is used by a locum when contracting for work.Of far…

Pharmacy bodies put forward options for establishing royal college

Representatives of 44 pharmacy bodies met this week to discuss ways of establishing a royal college-type body for the profession at the invitation of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (see Panel). Ijeoma Uchegbu, chairman of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, who attended the meeting, told Th…