Society News summary
WELSH EXECUTIVE: First Minister’s
support for pharmacists A call for the National Health Service
to make better use of pharmacists was made by the First Minister in the
National Assembly for Wales, Rhodri Morgan, when — as a surprise
guest — he helped celebrate the silver jubilee of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society’s Welsh Executive...[more]
Consultation on revised requirements for accreditation
of pharmacy degrees The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s
working group on degree accreditation has drafted revised requirements
for United Kingdom pharmacy undergraduate courses for the purpose of subsequent
registration as a pharmacist in Britain. This article, produced in the
Society’s education division, summarises the working group’s
consultation document, setting out in full a proposed new indicative pharmacy
syllabus...[more]
Launch of the Society’s new preregistration
training scheme The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is introducing
a new preregistration training scheme this summer. Its implications for
both trainees and tutors are described here by the Society’s education
development officer, Virginia Wykes...[more]
New telephone system allows direct access to
headquarters staff On 6 August the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
is introducing a new headquarters telephone system that allows direct
access to all staff and services without going through the switchboard.
The main switchboard number (+44 (0)20 7735 9141) remains available and
can still be used to make connections, using new four-digit extension
numbers...[more]
Society acquires leading drug interactions database
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has acquired all the rights
to Dr Ivan Stockley’s internationally known publications on drug
interactions. Dr Stockley has also agreed to act as a consultant to the
Society to aid the continued development of his drug interaction database...[more]
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