Organization

Bill Marlow (1937–2021)

On 22 May 2021, Bill Marlow, aged 84 years, of West Kirby, Wirral. Dr Marlow was a former Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Tribute Bill was a former Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. He studied pharmacy at Manchester University on the four-year honours bachelor of sci…

Janet Morrison: ‘Closures aren’t telling the whole story’

As negotiations over the next year of the community pharmacy contract continue, Janet Morrison, the newly appointed chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, gives her take on the sector’s uncertain future.…

RPS shifts 80% of investments away from fossil fuels

Rick Russell, director of operations at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said the Society plans to move the remaining 20% of its investments into a fund exclusive of fossil fuels.…

RPS ends membership of international pharmacy body

Claire Anderson, president of the RPS, said Assembly members “felt that there was no perceptible value in membership of FIP”.…

NHS trust to trial smoking cessation referrals from maternity services to community pharmacy

The maternity service team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust will be able to identify patients, or members of their household, who smoke and refer them to a local community pharmacy for treatment.…

Lack of pharmacist access to patient records is public safety issue, says outgoing GPhC chair

Exclusive: Nigel Clarke said he was sorry he had not made more progress on read and write access to patient records for pharmacists.…

One in five drugs approved by EMA in 2021 lacked full environmental risk data

Exclusive: Analysis of European Medicines data has revealed that 17 marketing authorisations were approved in 2021 despite being submitted with insufficient environmental risk data.…

Nigel Clarke: ‘The pharmacy registration exam needs to be revisited’

As he steps down after eight years at the helm of the pharmacy regulator, Nigel Clarke reflects on his tenure during one of the most challenging times in the history of public health.…

NHS England appoints first clinical director for prescribing

Tony Avery, professor of primary healthcare at the University of Nottingham, and his team developed the PINCER project to tackle hazardous prescribing.…

First monoclonal antibody treatment approved for prevention of COVID-19

Evusheld is the first monoclonal antibody treatment to be approved as a 'pre-exposure prophylaxis' treatment.…