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  1. Do practice pharmacists only help save money?

    5 Jun 09 | 12.19 | England Scotland Wales

    Pharmacists are good at suggesting ways that prescribers might make savings. This is a way into providing other clinical services

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  2. Clinical Pharmacist winners

    5 Jun 09 | 10.45 | England Scotland Wales

    Clinical Pharmacist ran a prize draw in January, February and March 2009 for individuals who signed up to receive the relaunched journal more >

  3. PJ letters (6 June 2009) (RPSGB members only)

    5 Jun 09 | 10.20 | England EU International Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Letters published in the 6 June 2009 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal more >

  4. Events should be available at nominal charge

    4 Jun 09 | 16.54 | England Scotland Wales

    The branch representatives’ meeting has called on the Society encourage more pharmacists to attend its events by making them available to them at a nominal charge

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  5. Meeting requests more funding for branches

    4 Jun 09 | 16.52 | England Scotland Wales

    Branches should receive more funding to provide high-quality professional education meetings, preferably in partnership with other groups such as primary care trusts, local pharmaceutical committees, hospital trusts, universities and the centres for pharmacy postgraduate education, the branch representatives’ meeting has decided

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  6. Second pharmacist should be funded

    4 Jun 09 | 16.44 | England Scotland Wales

    The Society should lobby the Government to provide funding for a second pharmacist to be present to cover absences of a responsible pharmacist, the branch representatives’ meeting has demanded

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  7. Generics should appear similar

    4 Jun 09 | 16.38 | England Scotland Wales

    The branch representatives’ meeting has called on the Society to lobby appropriate bodies, including the Government, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the National Patient Safety Agency, to ensure that all generic brands of the same medicinal product are similar in appearance

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  8. Pharmacists should be supported to undergo child protection awareness training by 2012

    4 Jun 09 | 16.33 | England Scotland Wales

    Pharmacists should be supported by the Society or new professional body to undergo child protection awareness training by 2012, the branch representatives’ meeting agreed

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  9. BRM decides that homoeopathic practice and registration as a pharmacist are not incompatible

    4 Jun 09 | 16.30 | England Scotland Wales

    A motion calling on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society to produce a position statement to the effect that that registration as a pharmacist and practice as a homoeopath are not compatible, and that premises registered with the Society should not be used for the promotion of homoeopathy, was defeated at the branch representatives meeting more >

  10. Antimalarial combination therapy better than monotherapy

    4 Jun 09 | 16.28 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Antimalarial protection may be achieved more effectively with atovaquone plus proguanil combination therapy, rather than with doxycycline or mefloquine monotherapy more >