RPS

The RPS could face a judicial review over the way it removed Sultan Sid Dajani from the English Pharmacy Board.

Sid Dajani has had misconduct allegations made against him by the RPS dismissed by the GPhC amid ’victimisation’ claims, Pharmacy Magazine can reveal

The clinical pharmacist role's expansion in PCNs could leave “a big hole” in community pharmacy, Mark Lyonette warns.

The NHS Counter Fraud Authority says its investigation into fraud during 2019-20 will partly focus on pharmacy contractors

Prescription charges are causing over half of asthma patients in England to cut back on their medications, Asthma UK has warned

Pharmacists and GPs are to be assigned to care homes in a measure Theresa May says will be "better for patients"

The RPS has written to NHS England to put forward some key considerations for the primary care network initiative, and to argue that pharmacy “will be vital in delivering a sustainable NHS for the future”

A heated debate is raging concerning the consultation by the Government’s rebalancing board on proposed changes to the legislation that deals with responsible pharmacists and superintendent pharmacists

The Government is “missing an opportunity” by not relaxing rules around e-cigarettes, the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has said, while the RPS maintains more evidence is needed

Mr Sharma said he looks forward to working with RPS members and other pharmacy organisations “to help ensure a successful and vibrant future for the profession”

An NHS England-funded report suggests pharmacists should be an integral part of general practice and calls for new training initiatives for this new career path

The RPS commented on the risks of any failure to secure a Brexit deal that ensured the "effective movement" of pharmaceutical products between the UK and the EU

Amid dramatic cabinet resignations, long-standing health secretary Jeremy Hunt has been promoted to foreign secretary and replaced by West Suffolk MP Matt Hancock

The RPS welcomed the promise of additional funding but said some of this money must be used to help pharmacy support "the best use of medicines"

A new document says people “will only go to a general hospital when it is essential,” with community-based services to “create even better care locally” 

Higher wholesaler margins and a fall in the value of sterling are among the factors cited as potentially contributing to the dramatic price hikes seen last year

The RPS in England wants pharmacists to be integrated into services providing care for people with mental health problems

Board member Sultan ‘Sid’ Dajani has ‘broken rank’ to attack what he describes as the Society’s ‘weakness’ in addressing community pharmacy funding cuts

The successful candidates have been announced in this year's RPS English and Welsh Pharmacy Board elections

After a lengthy campaign, a legal measure protecting UK community pharmacists from criminal prosecution for inadvertent dispensing errors has come into force