Personal and professional development

Well superintendent pharmacist among 28 new RPS Fellows

Ifti Khan, superintendent pharmacist at Well Pharmacy, and Victoria Steele, former superintendent pharmacist at Lloyds Pharmacy, are among the new Royal Pharmaceutical Society Fellows who have been recognised for their contributions to the pharmacy profession.…

Why I joined the Female Pharmacy Leaders Network

Pharmacy student Ruby Howarth explains how a network of female pharmacy professionals is helping her leave her comfort zone and achieve her career goals.…

Medication maths: using provided formula

This article is part of a comprehensive series on pharmaceutical calculations in preparation for the General Pharmaceutical Council registration assessment, providing guidance on how to tackle questions related to provided formulas, including a worked example of a sample exam question.…

More than 3,000 pharmacy students accept place on first cohort of all-independent prescribing foundation year

NHS England data show that 68% of the training places offered under the Oriel scheme for 2025/2026 have been filled.…

How to be an effective mentor

The success of a mentoring relationship relies on many factors and the skills of a mentor are central to this. This article provides tips and advice on how to be a good mentor and build an effective mentoring relationship.…

Using entrustable professional activities to build the future pharmacist

Entrustable professional activities are used when training MPharm students to address the issue of competencies in practice-based environments not preparing students for real patient problems during experiential learning.…

Continuity of care and reducing risk during transitions of care

This article considers the evidence of interventions to reduce risk during transitions of care and explains best practice for pharmacy teams.…

Chief pharmacists call for medicines leadership to be ‘fundamental component’ of strategic commissioning system

In a letter to NHS England, four integrated care board chief pharmacists said that they must shape and lead on medicines at a time of NHS change.…

RPS to launch development programme for prescribing pharmacists

For each of the six themes that will be covered as part of the programme, the Society has said that participants will receive “exclusive learning content, including podcasts, blogs and webinars on essential prescribing topics”.…

What do recent reviews of research literature tell us about the evolving role of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences?

The pick of recent review papers from the RPS chief scientist’s office.…