Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)

Behavioural medicine lecturer wins award for early-career pharmacy research

Sion Scott was selected as the winner of the 2024 Outstanding Pharmacy Early-Career Researcher Award for his research using behavioural science to facilitate routine deprescribing of medicines where the risks outweigh their benefits.…

Chair of RPS Scottish Pharmacy Board elected

Community pharmacist Jonathan Burton, who previously held the role of Scottish Pharmacy Board chair from 2019–2021, will take over from Andrew Carruthers.…

Community spaces: how architecture affects the pharmacy patient experience

A team led by researchers at University College London is highlighting the relationship between pharmacy architecture, patient care and inclusivity, as a way to demonstrate how optimising the pharmacy space could improve the experience of both staff and patients.…

Architecture exhibit aims to start a discussion on the use of space in community pharmacies

The field of health architecture looks at how working environments are designed, exploring what spaces mean to people and how they interact with them.…

Making skill mix a reality: the advancing role of pharmacy technicians

With pharmacy technicians’ responsibilities in the pharmacy team growing fast, debate around the additional training they need is resurging.…

Community pharmacists should be allowed to alter out-of-stock medicines ‘within three months’, say MPs

The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee said changes would be “compatible with the direction of travel towards community pharmacies delivering more clinical services”.…

RPS launches new PJ app ‘designed to meet the needs of members’

The updated app is available on both Apple and Android devices and features a simplified sign-in process, bookmarking functionality and streamlined navigation.…

RPS announces results of 2024 national pharmacy board elections

Voter participation in England was up by nearly 3 percentage points compared with the 2023 turnout.…

King Charles III to become patron of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Queen Elizabeth II was patron of the Society from 1953 until her death in 2022.…

Pharmacy regulator to consider supporting surveys of registrants’ wellbeing

Pharmacy organisations agreed actions at a roundtable on wellbeing in the profession held in February 2024.…