Our re-shaped Executive Team
Ourfinal executive team structure has now been decided to deliver the five-year RPS Strategydetermined by the Assembly. While the team's structure is an operational matter, the Assembly, includin (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - April 7, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

COVID-19 staff testing
England NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) have issued a letter on COVID-19 testing. From 1st April 2022, patient-facing staff should continue to test twice weekly when asymptomatic. Later (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - April 7, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Women ’s History Month round up
Our month celebrating women in pharmacy began on International Women’s Day, whose theme this year was #breakthebias. RPS President Professor Claire Anderson shared her own experiences as someon (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - April 6, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Disability campaign round up
We want to ensure pharmacy can attract and retain talented individuals with disabilities and have had a special focus on this over the past three months. Our Disability campaign raises awareness of v (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - April 5, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

National Patient Safety Alert: Inadvertent oral administration of potassium permanganate
A joint National Patient Safety Alert has been issued by the NHS England and NHS Improvement National Patient Safety Team, and the British Association of Dermatologists, on the risk of inadvertent ora (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - April 5, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Free membership for refugee pharmacists from Ukraine
RPS is offering three years complimentary RPS associate membership for pharmacists fleeing areas of conflict, including the war in Ukraine. This offer is to help refugees settle and practice in Great (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - April 4, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Welsh Senedd Show Support for Pharmacy
A debate on how best to support pharmacists was held at the Senedd this week which saw Members of the Senedd (MSs) in full agreement on the vital role pharmacists play across the health service in Wal (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - April 1, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

RPS responds to Lateral Flow Tests costing in pharmacies
From today, April 1, Lateral Flow Tests (LFTs) will cost in pharmacies in England. They were previously available for free. Commenting on the LFTs costing in pharmacies in England from today, RPS En (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - April 1, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Our independent review of participation and communications
We will be undertaking an independent review of member participation and RPS communications concerning decisions we take on behalf of the profession through our Governance boards. The transparency of (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - April 1, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Further update on our executive team structure
RPS Chief Executive Paul Bennett said:“On the 4th March we announced that we were proposing some changes to our executive structure.“Further to my updateon the 24th of MarchI can annou (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - March 31, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Use of the title ‘Consultant Pharmacist’
On behalf of the NHS, the RPS is the delegated body which administers the approval of new consultant pharmacist posts and the credentialing of individuals, as set out in the NHS consultant pharmacist (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - March 31, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

RPS talks about Welsh restrictions easing on BBC Wales
With rules on face masks changing and the legal requirement for self-isolation coming to an end in Wales this week, RPS Wales have been responding to these changes in the Welsh media. Appearing on BB (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - March 31, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Healthcare professions join forces on sustainability
Healthcare professionals from across Scotland met today to discuss the environmental impact of prescribing and explore how prescribers can support NHS Scotland’s target to achieve net zero by 20 (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - March 31, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

'Important' pharmacogenomics report published today
Personalised prescribing: using pharmacogenomics to improve patient outcomes,a report explaining how pharmacogenomic testing should be deployed across the NHS to ensure all patients have an equal chan (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - March 29, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Class 2 Medicines Recall: Pfizer Limited, Accuretic 10/12.5 mg film-coated tablets
Pfizer Ltd are recalling batch number DD4842 as a precautionary measure due to the identification of a nitrosamine above the acceptable limit. Following testing, N-nitroso-quinapril, has been observed (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - March 28, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news