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Scottish National Seminar 2017 opens for bookings — free to RPS members

Bookings are now open for the 2017 Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scottish National Seminar, which takes place in Stirling on Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October. Places are free to RPS members.…

Cold chains and cool heads: why humanitarian aid needs pharmacists

The second annual conference of the Humanitarian Aid and Response Network (HARN), held in Brighton on 8 April 2017, brought together humanitarian pharmacists and pharmacy students with a shared interest in international aid work.…

Welsh Pharmacy Board meeting: 3 May 2017

At the Welsh Pharmacy Board’s second meeting of 2017, members discussed the value of consultation responses and RPS campaigns, and changes to models of local engagement.…

Nominations now open for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Awards 2017

Nominations are now open for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Awards 2017. The annual awards aim to “recognise and reward excellence and innovation in pharmacy and pharmaceutical science”. Successful nominees will be presented with their awards in a ceremony at The Vox, Birmingham,…

Pharmacy history: past, present – and future

Briony Hudson provides highlights from this year’s British Society for the History of Pharmacy conference, and examines the lack of engagement from pharmacist in pharmacy history.…

Upcoming RPS conference: ‘How to become a pharmacist in a GP practice’

Pharmacists interested in working as part of a GP team are invited to a one-day conference, ‘How to become a pharmacist in a GP practice’. The event, which will be held in Leeds on 12 June 2017, is organised by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), and aims to help delegates unde…

Murray review of community pharmacy services will ‘direct’ government policy, says health minister

UK health minister David Mowat says that the Murray review into the provision of community pharmacy services will “direct” government policy.…

Brexit won’t stop UK implementation of Falsified Medicines Directive

The UK government has confirmed that Brexit will not put a stop to its plans to implement the EU’s Falsified Medicines Directive, Martin Sawer, executive director of the Healthcare Distribution Association, told delegates at the Sigma conference in Rio de Janeiro on 14 February 2017.…

Government unclear about who speaks for pharmacy, Alistair Burt tells conference

The government needs to know who is speaking on behalf of the pharmacy sector, former health minister Alistair Burt told delegates at the Sigma conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in light of his experience of dealing with negotiations over the pharmacy cuts in 2016.…

Pharmacy in the Arab countries look towards the UK as gold standard

Mahendra Patel provides insight into pharmacy practice in the Arab countries when he attended a congress in Beirut in November 2016.…