How RPS members can run for election to the English Pharmacy Board in 2015The election scheme for the 2015 election provides for five places on the English Pharmacy Board for members or Fellows who work or live wholly or mainly in England, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man. The eligibility criteria are set out below. Of the five places, four ar…
How RPS members can run for election to the Scottish Pharmacy Board in 2015The election scheme for the 2015 election provides for four places on the Scottish Pharmacy Board for members or Fellows who work or live wholly or mainly in Scotland. The eligibility criteria are set out below. Nominations for candidates in the Scottish Pharmacy Board election must …
How RPS members can run for election to the Welsh Pharmacy Board in 2015The election scheme for the 2015 election provides for four places on the Welsh Pharmacy Board for members or Fellows who work or live wholly or mainly in Wales. Of the four places, three are to be allocated as follows: One for a member or Fellow whose substantive practi…
Calling all politicos!Are you running for election to Parliament in May 2015? Are you a local councillor? Perhaps you sit on a health and well-being board? Have you previously held such a post, or are you actively seeking one? If the answer to any of these is ‘yes’, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS…
Stroke campaigns focus on helping patients reduce risksCommunity pharmacists in Wales are warning patients that high blood pressure, irregular heart beat or atrial fibrillation can increase their risk of stroke.…
Breast cancer drug palbociclib gets expedited approval in United States The US Food and Drug Administration has approved palbociclib (Ibrance; Pfizer) for advanced (metastatic) breast cancer under its accelerated approval programme.…
David Thomas Owen diesOn 5 February 2015, David Thomas Owen MRPharmS, of 3 Sunnybank Way, Griffithstown, Pontypool, Gwent NP4 5BD. Mr Owen registered with the Society in 1954.…
Jane Nolan diesOn 25 December 2014, Jane Nolan, aged 84, of Chorley, Lancashire. Mrs Nolan registered with the Society in 1951. She left the Society in 2005.…
Flu vaccine provides only 3% effectiveness, says public health body This season’s influenza vaccine has only been 3.4% effective, leading to large outbreaks of influenza in UK care homes, according to research from Public Health England.…
Regulator set to develop guidance for pharmacist prescribersThe General Pharmaceutical Council is considering producing its own guidance for pharmacist prescribers as it expects the role to develop.…