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Raising concerns about the cancellation of 2025 board elections

I am writing to comment on the recent notice to make amendments to the regulations relating to the 2025 elections. Although I have sympathy with the underlying concerns that have given rise to the agreement of the Assembly to these changes, I do have some serious concerns. The Special Resoluti…

Outstanding pharmacy professionals recognised in The Pharmaceutical Journal’s 2024 ‘Women to Watch’ list

Finalists on our fifth Women to Watch list work across all facets of the pharmacy sector, and were judged by the panel on their drive, influence and impact.…

RPS raises concerns after draft HIV guidance recommends unregulated website for purchasing PrEP

The guidance suggests options to patients who are unable or unwilling to access PrEP on the NHS and calls for community pharmacies to “support greater equity” in accessing the drug.…

New Society Fellows

In accordance with the powers vested in it, the panel of Fellows appointed under Section 4 of the Society’s Regulations has designated the following 39 members as Fellows of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for Distinction in the Profession of Pharmacy. Hayley Berry Andrew Carruthers Vic…

Amendments to the regulations relating to 2025 elections following the November 2024 Assembly meeting

The Society’s proposed Special Resolution vote timeline, which is based on legal and governance advice, is unfortunately out of kilter with the usual timings for elections to the national pharmacy boards in 2024. This would mean that the start of the election process would need to be mobilised ah…

Government should publish national strategy to tackle medicines shortages, says RPS

In ‘Medicines shortages policy: solutions for empty shelves’, published on 26 November 2024, the Society makes 20 recommendations to alleviate ongoing medicines shortages in the UK.…

Chief pharmaceutical officers say it is ‘entirely reasonable’ for pharmacists to take position on assisted dying bill

A joint statement warned that the outcome of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill must not undermine provision of good end-of-life care and work by palliative care clinicians.…

Bruce Warner: ‘Medicines shortages will never go away, but the situation can be improved’

The chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s advisory group on medicines shortages discusses the causes of medicines shortages and how the issue can be improved.…

First Barnett Award presented at RPS Annual Conference 2024

A statement published by the RPS said Joanne Brown's “influence has been profound, extending beyond her formal duties to provide one-on-one mentoring for over 50 individuals through postgraduate training”.…