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RPS announces results of board elections

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has today (May 14) announced the results of its national board elections.

The RPS has called for legal restrictions on the use of controlled drugs in research to be removed.

The RPS's attempt to secure legal costs from an ex-employee who brought claims against it for discrimination has failed.

Community pharmacy's representative bodies are demanding greater clarity on the Health and Care Bill set out in today's speech.

RPS president Sandra Gidley said more funding for the eduction and training of pharmacists will support their "enhanced clinical role."

Ash Soni has been appointed non-executive director of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Community pharmacists could play a valuable role in prescribing for a wide range of common and long-term conditions, says the RPS.

The Welsh arm of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has issued a pharmacy manifesto ahead of the May 6 elections.

The Society has said it is "re-evaluating" the use of its London headquarters and is actively considering renting out office space.

The theme for #Pharmacy24 this year is pharmacy in a pandemic, says Mohammed Hussain.

By 2030 patients should be registered with their local community pharmacy to ensure continuity of care, says RPS Scotland.

RPS president Sandra Gidley has said she will not run for re-election to the English pharmacy board.

The deadline for nominations for the national pharmacy board elections closes in two days' time.

The Welsh government has pledged to invest £67 million to improve the way medicines are prepared.

The RPS has urged pharmacy employers to help trainee pharmacists prepare for the March registration assessment.

Boris Johnson has been urged to ensure health workers are protected from new strains of Covid.

The GPhC has caved in to demands to allow overseas registration assessment candidates to sit the exam online irrespective of time differences.

Making the contraceptive pill available over the counter will increase access and “enable women to make an informed choice" says RPS.

RPS chief pharmacist Gino Martini has called on the government to immediately de-list DNP products.

Sixty-five community pharmacy-led vaccination sites have this week become part of the coronavirus vaccination programme in England.