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Profession to examine inconsistency in advice

Pharmacy organisations will come together to address the quality of pharmacy advice following publication of the latest Which? report . . . 

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  1. Society to push for original pack dispensing as standard practice

    13 Aug 05 | 0.00 |

    Support for original pack dispensing is to come from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in the interest of patient safety and it is to enlist the help of other bodies to persuade the Department of Health to take appropriate action more >

  2. Council confirms that the reciprocal registration arrangements are to end

    13 Aug 05 | 0.00 |

    The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has confirmed that the proposed Byelaw alterations ending reciprocal registration agreements with Australia, New Zealand and South Africa should be forwarded to the Privy Council for its approval more >

  3. Bob Michell elected to work with the Officers

    13 Aug 05 | 0.00 |

    Bob Michell, a lay member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council since 2002, has been elected by the Council to work with the Society’s Officers more >

  4. Fitness-to-practise findings are likely to be annotated on Register

    13 Aug 05 | 0.00 |

    Findings of unfitness to practise and some matters relating to continuing professional development are likely to be annotated on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Register in the future more >

  5. Major refurbishment for headquarters meeting hall

    13 Aug 05 | 0.00 |

    The lower ground level assembly hall area at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Lambeth headquarters building is to be refurbished to accommodate future meetings of the larger Council and to provide facilities for a wide range of meetings and membership events. The Council also wants to develop the full commercial potential of the hall by creating a modern conference facility more >

  6. Council to consider widening entry to pharmacy education

    13 Aug 05 | 0.00 |

    The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society is to consider a proposal that it should seek to widen the entry gate to pharmacy education and increase the opportunities for part-time learning and accreditation of prior experiential learning more >

  7. Statutory Committee (13 August 2005)

    13 Aug 05 | 0.00 |

    A pharmacist whose repeat prescriptions service was described as a "shambles" has been reprimanded by the Statutory Committee / A Harrow pharmacist who was convicted for drink-driving and was found to be in unlawful possession of Controlled Drugs has been reprimanded by the Statutory Committee / The unsafe and untidy state of a pharmacy room set aside for the preparation of monitored dosage system (MDS) trays has resulted in a reprimand from the Statutory Committee for a Leicester pharmacist / The Statutory Committee has decided to take no further action in the case of a Harrow pharmacist who was in charge of a pharmacy when its unqualified owner sold furosemide tablets without a prescription more >

  8. National boards given go-ahead

    6 Aug 05 | 1.00 | England Scotland Wales

    The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society agreed on 2 August to establish three national pharmacy boards for England, Scotland and Wales to provide strategic leadership and support for pharmacy practice development at a national level more >

  9. VPG chairman stresses veterinary pharmacy's public health benefits

    6 Aug 05 | 1.00 | England Scotland Wales

    Public health could benefit from a greater involvement by pharmacists in the pet market, according to Andrew Cairns, chairman of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Veterinary Pharmacists Group more >

  10. Society to host international conference on the management of pharmaceutical quality

    6 Aug 05 | 1.00 | International

    The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is to host a two-day international conference on “Managing pharmaceutical quality throughout the product life cycle” at its London headquarters on 21 and 22 November more >


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Society past-President David Coleman dies aged 73

David Coleman, who was President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain from 1991 to 1993, has died...

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