The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 273 No 7330 p891
18/25 December 2004

Society summary

Society opens its voluntary register for pharmacy technicians

Application packs for registration as a pharmacy technician with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society are now available, in advance of the opening of the voluntary register for pharmacy technicians in January 2005.

There are four ways of obtaining an application pack:

· Online The pack can be downloaded from the pharmacy support staff section of the Society’s website.

· E-mail The pack can be requested by e-mail to pharmacytechnician@rpsgb.org (documents will be sent electronically unless paper copies are specifically requested in which case a postal address must be included).

· Telephone The pack can be requested by telephoning the Society’s registration section (tel 020 7572 2322)

· Post Written requests should be directed to: Registration Section, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN

Janet Flint, the Society’s head of support staff regulation, said: “Most of the procedures for processing applications for registration as a pharmacy technician are now in place and we are looking forward to receiving the first batch of applications in January.”

Supplementary forms for those with qualifications gained outside the UK will be available early in 2005. Anyone wishing to be notified when these forms are available should contact the Society by e-mail, telephone or in writing specifying the country in which qualification was gained and whether the qualification entitled the person concerned to work as a pharmacy technician or a pharmacist in that country.