Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)

Pharmacists have ‘professional responsibility’ to ensure medicine sustainability, says latest Medicines, Ethics and Practice

Updates to the latest Medicines, Ethics and Practice include guidance on the sustainable use of medicines and effective risk management.…

RPS appoints new member experience and education lead

Neville Carter will join the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as chief education and membership officer in October 2022.…

Royal college status to be pursued at ‘appropriate’ time, says RPS Assembly

The subject of royal college status was revisited in July's RPS Assembly meeting in response to a motion raised at the Society AGM in May 2022 that called for the RPS to "reaffirm this commitment" to seek Royal College status.…

MPs recommend government draft pharmacy workforce plan within 12 months

The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee said the workforce plan "must ensure that all pharmacists have adequate access to supervision, training and protected learning time".…

Naloxone should be available over the counter, recommend Scottish government advisors

The Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce report said that mainstreaming naloxone would help to reduce 'harmful stigma" around substance use.…

Candidates delayed by more than half an hour in registration exam can join provisional register, says GPhC 

The regulator said candidates affected by "procedural error" during the June 2022 registration exam would be accepted for provisional registration.…

Candidates affected by registration assessment delays will be added to provisional register

Affected trainees will be on the register until February 2023 to allow them to take the next sitting of the assessment in November 2022.…

Pharmacists advised to complete training course before certifying fit notes

With pharmacists working in general practice and hospitals now able to certify fit notes, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has published guidance on considerations they should make before issuing them.…

Foundation trainees struggle to take registration exam after ‘technical issues’ cause delays

The General Pharmaceutical Council said it was “extremely sorry" for the severe delays experienced by candidates in Nottingham.…

Most GP practices have ‘partial access’ to pharmacotherapy service in Scotland

Nearly 1,000 pharmacy staff were recruited into the Scottish pharmacotherapy service between April 2018 and March 2022.…