Tag: RPS
RPS: Pharmacy staff should follow Covid-19 infection control procedures
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has recommended that pharmacists and pharmacy staff should follow Covid-19 infection control procedures including self isolation.
Last month, the Pharmacists’...
RPS: Prescription rules need to be changed urgently
Cutting the red tape that blocks pharmacists to alter the HRT prescription could ‘quickly fix’ the problem of women unable to access their HRT...
RPS: Weathering the squalls of temporary instability?
Former chief executive and registrar of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Jeremy Holmes wonders if the current state of affairs at the...
‘More education needed to curb the environmental impact of prescribing’
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Scottish Academy of Medical Royal Colleges co-hosted the NHS Education for Scotland annual virtual conference to discuss the environmental...
RPS welcomes Sajid Javid’s move to appoint HRT tsar
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has welcomed the Health Secretary Sajid Javid’s plan to appoint Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) tsar to tackle the medicine...
RPS: Pharmacies can play vital role in tackling AMR threats
In response to a Scottish parliamentary debate last week on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has explained how pharmacy can play...