Independent prescribing

RPS pharmacy board election results announced

There was a 16.4% rise in the number of votes in the 2016 RPS national pharmacy board elections compared with 2015.…

Meet the regional finalists of I Love My Pharmacist: Scotland

The public has until 21 July 2016 to vote for their favourite regional finalist of the 2016 I Love My Pharmacist Award. The pharmacist with the highest number of votes in each region will then meet with the judging panel who will decide the 2016 champion.…

Placing pharmacists in emergency departments could help 36% of patients

Pharmacists have the potential to manage the care of up to 36% of patients attending hospital emergency departments (ED), according to the results of two studies by Health Education England (HEE).…

What I do as a pharmacist in the prison service

An interest in substance misuse led pharmacist Christine Rowlands to work in Health and Justice services.…

Right medicine, better health, fitter future: a closer look at the RPS Scotland manifesto

RPS Scotland has launched its 2016 manifesto ‘Right medicine – better health – fitter future’ ahead of the upcoming Scottish Parliament elections. Here chair of the RPS Scottish pharmacy board, John McAnaw, talks to Julia Robinson about what the RPS is doing to promote t…

Dieticians join ranks of prescribers

More health professional groups in England are being given the chance to prescribe, sell and supply medicines, NHS England has announced.…

My experience as a pharmacist prescriber conducting an annual medication review

Conducting an annual medication review is not as straightforward as I had thought.…

How I reduce hospital admissions by working as a pharmacist in 77 care homes

Carmel Copeland is the senior clinical pharmacist for care homes at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust (NHCT).…

RPS Scotland launches 2016 manifesto

RPS Scotland has launched its 2016 manifesto ‘Right medicine - better health - fitter future’ ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections in May. …

How I deliver a pharmacy service for patients undergoing gender reassignment

Patients undergoing gender reassignment can find it difficult to get the medicines they need because of how services are commissioned.…