RPS launches fully-funded independent prescribing training Health Education and Improvement Wales is funding the programme, which offers six two-hour in-person workshops at locations across Wales.…
Amira Guirguis: ‘We want to use our expertise to prepare for future threats’ As the recently appointed chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s science and research committee, Amira Guirguis sets out her goals for her new role and calls for more proactivity in the fight against substance misuse.…
First Scottish consultant pharmacist appointed Jennifer Laskey has been appointed as a consultant cancer pharmacist by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.…
Training pathway for clinical pharmacy academics should be in place by 2030 NHS England-commissioned report made short-, medium- and long-term recommendations to “support the embedding of research at all stages of a pharmacy professional’s career”.…
National pharmacy board meetings: February 2024 In the first national pharmacy board meetings of the year, each group discussed their plans and priorities for the year ahead.…
RPS consults on advanced curricula for critical care and mental health pharmacy Once finalised, the two new curricula will be add-on modules to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's core advanced pharmacist curriculum, published in June 2022.…
RPS warns four out of five community pharmacy clinical lead roles could disappear when NHS funding ends Exclusive: Two years after 42 community pharmacy clinical lead posts across integrated care systems were announced, funding for the roles is due to end in April 2024.…
How credentialing assessors assure patient-focused pharmacy practice Two pharmacists describe how and why they became assessors for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s credentialing curricula.…
Differential attainment gap persists for black pharmacy students and trainees, says RPS report Data show that 94% of white graduates were awarded a first or upper second-class MPharm degree in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, compared with 82% of black graduates.…
Almost all pharmacists say patients have declined medicines prescribed to them because of cost, survey reveals Of respondents to a survey, 3% of pharmacists said they had “never” experienced patients declining part of their prescription owing to the cost.…
