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End of Life (EoL) Priority Medicines Announced
In order the manage additional demand for end of life medicines, and ensure safe, equitable and compassionate care for patients, the Association of Palliative Medicine, Royal College of GPs, Hospice UK and the Association of Supportive and Palliative Care Pharmacy,...
Re-use of medicines in care homes and hospices
A national SOP has been developed to allow the re-use of medicines in care homes and hospices if medicines shortages occur during the coronavirus pandemic. The SOP includes a template log and feedback form in separate appendices. The most up to date information can be...
ASPCP AGM and Conference 2020
The ASPCP 2019/20 financial report and 2019 AGM minutes are now available on the members area of the website here. The ASPCP AGM will be held virtually on 19th November 2020 during the ASPCP Conference. If you have not already booked a place this must be done before...
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- Covid: City stops care home tests over accuracy fearson December 4, 2020 at 3:01 pm
The rapid tests picked up five infections out of every 10 found by conventional lab tests.
- Virus levels falling across most of England, says ONSon December 4, 2020 at 2:40 pm
Infection levels are down among all age groups and all regions apart from one, data suggests.
- Covid-19: UK 'confident' of having 800,000 vaccine doses by next weekon December 4, 2020 at 2:28 pm
Alok Sharma says he expects the doses to arrive for the start of the UK's vaccination programme.
- Who will get the Covid vaccine first?on December 4, 2020 at 12:57 pm
The Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine has been approved by the UK regulator - when will it be available?
- Covid: What are the new tiers and lockdown rules in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?on December 4, 2020 at 11:05 am
What are the latest restrictions and rules in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
RPS News News instance
- Class 3 Medicines Recall: Lupin Healthcare (UK) Limited, Simvador 10mg, 20mg and 40mg Tabletson December 3, 2020 at 4:05 pm
Lupin Healthcare (UK) Limited has informed theMHRA thataffected batches of Simvastatin tablets have been packaged with a version of patient information leaflet that does not include the most up to dat
- RPS presses DHSC for medicines law changeon December 3, 2020 at 9:32 am
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society, alongside GP and community pharmacy leaders, met with Government officials yesterday to discuss proposals to speed up patient access to medicines. RPS is calling for
- Safety of staff and patients paramount to the COVID-19 vaccine programmeon December 2, 2020 at 1:19 pm
Following the news that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for rollout in the UK from next week, we are calling for the sa
- RPS calls for ban on promotional deals for paracetamolon December 1, 2020 at 10:50 am
We havetoday written to Poundland urging them to stop offering multi-buy deals on paracetamol. Poundland are running a buy two get-one-free deal which contravenes guidance from the medicines regulato
- Date confirmed for delayed registration assessmenton November 30, 2020 at 4:24 pm
We have welcomed the announcement by the GPhC that its delayed registration assessment will take place on 17 and 18 March 2021, and is calling for further details to be clarified as quickly as possibl
- The Council of the GPhC will be meeting on 10 Decemberby LauraK on December 4, 2020 at 10:34 am
The Council of the GPhC will be meeting on Thursday 10 December from 10:00 to 12:00. Please contact our Communications Team if you would like to join the meeting, which will be held via Zoom, by 16:00 on 9 December. Download a copy of our Council meeting papers [PDF 1.48 MB].
- Registration assessment update: online assessment dates confirmedby Sean Smith on November 30, 2020 at 4:11 pm
We have written to candidates to confirm we will be holding two separate sittings of the online registration assessment – on 17 and 18 March 2021, respectively. While candidates will sit the assessment in a different way to before, the types of questions used and the standard required to pass, will remain the same. For further information, please see our registration assessment update to candidates.
- Full findings of surveys of provisionally-registered pharmacists publishedby LauraK on November 28, 2020 at 1:39 pm
The GPhC has published a report which brings together the findings of two surveys of provisionally-registered pharmacists. Provisionally-registered pharmacists who registered on or before 1 October 2020 have been asked to complete a survey to help the GPhC to check that their employers were meeting the requirements necessary for meet requirements to protect patient safety and support provisionally-registered pharmacists. This includes conducting a risk assessment.
- Supporting pharmacy professionals and teams through the second COVID-19 waveby LauraK on November 27, 2020 at 12:43 pm
We have signed a joint letter with the UK Chief Pharmaceutical Officers and the PSNI, which thanks everyone working in pharmacy for their remarkable work to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the lives of our fellow citizens and their tireless efforts to support patients.
- Brexit: information for pharmacy professionals and pharmacy ownersby Sean Smith on November 27, 2020 at 11:37 am
The Brexit transition period ends on 31 December 2020 and from 1 January 2021, the registration process for some pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with non-UK qualifications will change. Please see our Brexit Q&A for further information.