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Spotlight: MPharm ethnicity awarding gap rewidens

In this Spotlight episode of The PJ Pod, we discuss The Pharmaceutical Journal’s latest analysis of MPharm awarding gap data from 2021/2022 and 2022/2023.…

RPS members vote ‘yes’ to becoming Royal College of Pharmacy

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society will become a royal college by spring 2026 after 71.1% of members who voted were in favour of the proposal.…

RPS charter changes do not guarantee a pharmacist-led Board of Trustees

A Public Relations leaflet I’ve received in the post, like the content presented to Members in two webinars held after the publication of the draft Charter in February 2025, includes no information whatsoever on what can be seen to be the radically re-written Charter being foisted upon us. Instead…

Reject the royal college proposals to keep a Society for the benefit of pharmacists

Twice Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) president Nicholas Wood opines in a recent letter that representing the interests of pharmacists is now done by others in pharmacy, and as such our Society, which was saved during his tenure two decades ago from becoming an organisation pur…

What are the views of the RPS and Pharmaceutical Press on AI training using copyrighted materials?

The government recently launched a consultation on artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright. The deadline for submission of views was 25 February 2025. Its preferred solution is for a copyright exception, allowing AI companies to use creator’s works to train their models, unless creators sp…

Gail Caldwell receives RPS Charter Award

The director of pharmacy at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde was given the award for being a “driving force” behind improvements to pharmacy service and workforce development in Scotland.…

Why should the RPS become a royal college?

Each national pharmacy board chair puts forward their case for a Royal College of Pharmacy to The Pharmaceutical Journal.…

UK chief pharmaceutical officers back RPS royal college proposals

The four officers have “strongly encouraged” Society members to vote in favour of a Royal College of Pharmacy, as the ballot on the decision opens.…

PDA to recommend a ‘no’ vote to RPS royal college proposals unless current ballot is cancelled

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has said the vote should be delayed to allow proposals “to be reconsidered and amended where necessary”.…

Call for Society Fellowship Nominations

The Panel of Fellows will be holding their next meeting in May 2025. Nominations for Society Fellowship must be received by the Secretary of the Panel of Fellows by 23 April 2025 to be considered at this meeting. Nominations need to be made by a current member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society …