Wales

RPS Wales supports pharmacists moving into NHS 111

Welsh pharmacists moving into careers with NHS 111 will be supported by a new transition programme established by the RPS in Wales and NHS 111 Wales.…

Welsh MPs back rescheduling of cannabis for medicinal use

The majority of Welsh Assembly Members support rescheduling of cannabis to allow for medical research and use…

Medicines Safety Conference: 29 November 2017

Welsh pharmacists will soon be able to access the Welsh GP record, Vaughan Gething, Welsh cabinet secretary for health, wellbeing and sport told delegates at the 7th RPS Medicines Safety Conference on 29 November 2017…

Minimum unit alcohol pricing would impact most on problem drinkers in Wales research shows

An introduction of a minimum unit price for alcohol in Wales would have the biggest impact on problem drinkers, according to new research commissioned by the Welsh government.…

Community pharmacists in Wales to have access to GP records by March 2018

All pharmacies with access to the Choose Pharmacy IT system in Wales will be able to access the Welsh GP record by March 2018, it was announced at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Wales Medicines Safety Conference on 29 November 2017…

Charting Wales’s progress in professional collaboration and medicines safety

Vaughan Gething, Welsh cabinet secretary for health and social services, addresses the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s 2017 Medicines Safety Conference.…

Draft law to lift threat of prosecution for pharmacists

Straightforward change to anachronistic law that criminalised honest errors has taken a decade.…

Welsh Pharmacy Board meeting: 12 October 2017

The Welsh Pharmacy Board held their third meeting of the year on 12 October 2017, at the Society’s offices in Pontprennau, Cardiff.…

Alcohol-related deaths on the rise in Wales

The number of alcohol-related deaths in Wales rose to 504 in 2016 — an increase of 8.9% in 12 months, according to the latest annual report tracking progress on the government’s 10-year substance misuse strategy.…

High-profile guests lined up for Welsh Medicines Safety Conference 2017

The seventh Welsh Medicines Safety Conference will be held in Hensol, near Cardiff, on 29 November 2017, with high-profile guests lined up to speak…