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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPharmS or RPS) is the body responsible for the leadership and support of the
pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links heal ...
profession (pharmacists) within
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,
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, and
Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
. It was created along with the
General Pharmaceutical Council The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is the body responsible for the independent regulation of the pharmacy profession within England, Scotland and Wales, responsible for the regulation of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premi ...
(GPhC) in September 2010 when the previous Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain was split so that representative and regulatory functions of the pharmacy profession could be separated. Membership in the society is not a prerequisite for engaging in practice as a pharmacist within the United Kingdom. Its predecessor the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain was founded on 15 April 1841.


History

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society was founded on 15 April 1841 as the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, and headquartered at 17 Bloomsbury Square, London. Among its founding members were Jacob Bell and
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. The Northern British (Scottish) branch began the same year with nine founders including William Flockhart and John Duncan. From 1843, it had a royal charter that identified its chief objectives as the advancement of chemistry and pharmacy, the promotion of a system of education for its practitioners, and the legal protection of its members. In return, the public would enjoy a service provided by qualified professionals.


Headquarters

The headquarters of the society are on East Smithfield Road, located near Whitechapel and St Katharine Docks in London, UK. From 1976 until 2015 the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's former headquarters was in
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on Lambeth High Street, London, UK.


Membership

The Society currently offers five categories of membership: * Member: Full membership is available to anyone who has ever been registered as a pharmacist in Great Britain, whether or not currently registered with the GPhC. * Fellow: Fellowship may be conferred by the Society’s Panel of Fellows on pharmacists who have been members of the Society for at least 12 years and who have been deemed to have made outstanding original contributions to the advancement of pharmaceutical knowledge or to have attained distinction in the science, practice, profession or history of pharmacy. * Associate: Associate membership is open to two categories of person: (a) those registered elsewhere in the world who have never been registered in Britain; (b) those who have a recognized degree in pharmacy but have not yet registered as a pharmacist in Britain, either because they are still undergoing their preregistration trainings or because they are not working in a field of practice that requires registration with the GPhC. * Student: Student membership is available to anyone studying for a degree in pharmacy at any institute recognized by the Society (in Britain or overseas). * Pharmaceutical Scientist: Pharmacist scientist membership is available to anyone with a degree (or equivalent) in a subject related to the pharmacy who has worked for at least two years in a recognized area of the pharmaceutical sciences.


President of the society

* 2021 Claire Anderson * 2019
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* 2017 - 2019 Ash Soni * 2016 - 2017 Martin Astbury * 2014 - 2016 Ash Soni


Publishing

The Society operates two divisions of RPS Publishing: * The
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publishes textbooks on a wide range of topics in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences including the
British National Formulary The ''British National Formulary'' (BNF) is a United Kingdom (UK) pharmaceutical reference book that contains a wide spectrum of information and advice on prescribing and pharmacology, along with specific facts and details about many medicines ...
, the
British National Formulary for Children ''BNF for Children'' (''BNFC'') is the standard UK paediatric reference for prescribing and pharmacology. It contains a wide range of information and advice on prescribing for children - from newborn to adolescence. The entries are classified by ...
and Martindale: The complete drug reference. Both BNFs are freely available at https://bnf.nice.org.uk/ * PJ Publications publishes the weekly professional journal '' The Pharmaceutical Journal'' and the monthly ''Clinical Pharmacist''.


Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain had a museum collection since 1842, which continues to be managed by the RPS today at its offices in East Smithfield. The exhibits cover all aspects of British pharmacy history, and include: *Traditional dispensing equipment *Drug storage containers *Fine "Lambeth delftware" dating from the 17th and 18th centuries *Proprietary (brand name) medicines dating from the 18th century to the present day *Bronze mortars *Medical caricatures *A photo archive Since 2002, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has concentrated on developing the collection of historical and contemporary proprietary medicines. The museum is open to visitors and admission is free. Guided tours are available if booked in advance. In 1983 the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain donated over 10,000 historic specimens of materia medica, including crude drugs, herbarium sheets, and slides to the
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. This material is now housed in the Economic Botany Collection (EBC) at Kew. The museum is a member of the London Museums of Health & Medicine.


National Pharmacy Boards

The three boards provide professional leadership and advocacy support for pharmacy practice in England, Scotland and Wales respectively. The members of the boards are elected by the members of the society, but the members of the assembly are not. The members of the assembly are elected by members of the boards. The assembly is senior to the boards in terms of policy making.


See also

* Pharmaceutical industry in the United Kingdom *
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List of schools of pharmacy in the United Kingdom This list of schools of pharmacy in the United Kingdom includes all thirty GPhC or PSNI registered MPharm degree-issuing schools of pharmacy in the United Kingdom. There are twenty-six such schools in England, two in Scotland, one in Wales and tw ...
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British National Formulary The ''British National Formulary'' (BNF) is a United Kingdom (UK) pharmaceutical reference book that contains a wide spectrum of information and advice on prescribing and pharmacology, along with specific facts and details about many medicines ...
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The Pharmacy Practice Research Trust The Pharmacy Practice Research Trust (PPRT) was an independent charity established in July 1999, by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. It aims were support and promote the professional practice and development of pharmacists and develop the field of ...


References


External links


Official WebsitePJ Online Official WebsitePharmaceutical Press Official WebsiteRoyal Pharmaceutical Society Museum
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