Funded post-registration foundation pharmacist programme to begin in Wales The programme will start in September 2022 and is being offered by Cardiff University with Health Education and Improvement Wales.…
Call for Society Fellowship nominationsThe Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Panel of Fellows will be holding their next meeting in May 2022. Nominations for Society Fellowship must be received by the Secretary of the Panel of Fellows by 20 April 2022 to be considered at this meeting. Nominations need to be made by a current member of th…
National pharmacy board elections 2022: closure of electoral roll and deadline for updating voting preferencesAny Member or Fellow who is resident in England, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man at 17:00 on 4 April 2022 will be entitled to vote in the election of Members of the English Pharmacy Board. Any Member or Fellow who is resident in Scotland at 17:00 on 4 April 2022 will be entitled to vote in…
RPS supports permanent move to remote fitness-to-practise hearings The Society said that the increased likelihood of registrants attending remote hearings meant they had the potential to improve patient safety.…
NHS COVID-19 recovery plan makes no mention of pharmacy The plan sets out targets to reduce waiting times for elective care and diagnostic testing.…
Health boards given £80m to offer more pharmacy support in general practice In addition to providing greater pharmacy support, the Scottish government has announced that the funding will be used to provide increased nursing support and access to physiotherapy.…
RPS Scotland sets out vision of pharmacy in 2030 'Pharmacy 2030: a professional vision' sets out RPS Scotland's hopes for the profession, including that pharmacy technicians will "lead medicines management processes".…
RPS calls for review of fitness standards for pharmacy students with disabilities The Higher Education Occupational Practitioners' 'Standards of medical fitness to train' were most recently updated in 2013.…
New Year Honours for RPS members RPS Fellows, Mahendra Patel and Ade Williams, and RPS member Asif Aziz, have been recognised for their services to pharmacy.…
NICE draft guidance on medicines associated with dependence could be ‘harmful’, warns RPS The Royal Pharmaceutical Society's response to a consultation says guidance on “slow tapering” is “open to too much interpretation”.…