Deaths: Roger Horace RigbyOn 2 April 2017, Mr Roger Horace Rigby, aged 74, of Chorley, Lancashire. Mr Rigby registered with the Society in 1965 and left in 2010.…
Deaths: Barbara StoppardOn 3 April 2017, Mrs Barbara Stoppard, aged 77, of Chilwell, Nottingham. Mrs Stoppard registered with the Society in 1964 and left in 2015.…
What Rania Hallaq does as a holistic assessment and rapid investigation clinical pharmacist The multidisciplinary holistic assessment and rapid investigation team assesses, investigates and treats referred patients with multiple complex medical and rehabilitation needs. Clinical pharmacist Rania Hallaq talks about the demands of running a clinic, problem-solving and managing comp…
Organisational structure and editorial content are separate issuesThe recent letters about The Pharmaceutical Journal ( Pharmaceutical Journal 2017;298:99) raise two issues: the organisational structure of the journal and its editorial content. They are separate issues. The content is not down to whether the PJ has a pharmacist as editor. The publisher…
Deaths: Stanley BoothOn 4 February 2017, Stanley Booth, aged 92, of Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Mr Booth registered with the Society in 1946 and left in 2007. Mr Booth was a pharmaceutical inspector from 1956 until 1989.…
Bookings open for 2017 RPS annual conferenceBookings for the 2017 Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) annual conference are now open. The two-day event will take place on 3–4 September 2017 at The Vox Conference Centre, Birmingham. This year’s plenary session, entitled ‘Reality of Healthcare Change’, will pri…
Applications open for the 2017 Royal Pharmaceutical Society Science AwardScientists in the early stages of their research careers are invited to apply for the 2017 Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Science Award. The competition is open to those working in pharmaceutical (or allied) disciplines, who have up to ten years of experience at post-doctoral level. Applic…
Q&A: How to ensure access to essential medicines for those in low and middle-income countries Andy Gray and Hans Hogerzeil, co-chairs of the The Lancet Commission on Essential Medicines, discuss the analysis on the cost of providing essential medicines to people in low and middle-income countries.…
