Politics

The history of antibiotic use in livestock and its contribution to antimicrobial resistance

‘One health and the politics of antimicrobial resistance’, by Laura Kahn.…

Pharmacy leaders: listen to the worries of young pharmacists

At one of the plenary sessions from the 2016 RPS Conference, Julia Robinson heard that the views of newly registered pharmacists and students must be listened to in order to take the profession forward.…

The EpiPen pricing gouging saga is the latest example of market failure

The most recent example of pharmaceutical price gouging in the United States to catch public attention involves the EpiPen (adrenaline/epinephrine), a widely used injectable pen that can be life saving for those with severe allergic reactions to certain substances. The price of this device has…

Non-patient facing roles in hospital pharmacy are just as vital as patient facing ones

Roles such as procurement are important in hospital pharmacy services and should not be brushed aside.…

Soni was one of the best presidents

I wish to express my concerns regarding us losing one of the best presidents the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has had during my 50 privileged years of being a member and, latterly, a Fellow. Ash Soni has been extremely helpful to me as chief executive officer of the Kingston and Richmond…

The RPS must act now on governance

I must agree with your editorial (The Pharmaceutical Journal 2016;297:4) that a review of the governance of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) is needed. When an effective sitting President of the Society is removed not for genuine political reasons but by a quirk of the electoral syste…

NHS England continues to add insult to injury with regard to PrEP funding

On 2 August 2016, the National AIDS Trust (NAT) won its judicial review of NHS England’s removal of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the highly effective HIV prevention drug, from its commissioning process. The judge ruled that NHS England was wrong to assert that it cannot fund PrEP because i…

Release details of how each member voted

The decision of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) English Pharmacy Board (EPB) not to nominate Ash Soni to the Assembly means he cannot stand for the president of the RPS. It is my understanding that members of the EPB are elected by the membership who, in turn, by secret ballot, elect five can…

Burt to step down as health minister

Alistair Burt has announced that he will step down as health minister in September 2016.…

President should be elected by members

The cabal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society English Pharmacy Board, using the small print in the regulation, has committed a coup d’état against the president. Perhaps the regulations should be amended so that, in future, the president is elected by the members as is the c…