Medicine shortages
Our work to highlight how medicine shortages affect patient care, the pressures on pharmacy teams, and recommendations to inform action.
World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) 2026
This year’s World Patient Safety Day theme focuses on safe and effective care for people living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), under the slogan ‘Safe care for life!’.
Our focus on education and credentialing
RCPharm President Tase Oputu reflects on a significant moment for pharmacy and the College’s focus on education, professional development and credentialing.
Enhanced curriculum and credentialing
Supporting newly qualified pharmacist prescribers to develop their prescribing practice, build professional capability and progress with confidence.
RCPharm annual conference 2026
Bringing together pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists from across the UK and beyond, this will be our first Annual Conference as the new Royal College.
For newly qualified pharmacists
This resource hub provides real-time practical support to ensure you develop the capability, confidence and professional judgement you need to prescribe safely and effectively.
Celebrating Black History Month 2026
Join us in celebrating Black History Month throughout October, to recognise and celebrate the invaluable contributions of Black people to British society and pharmacy.
News
The latest news and updates from Royal College of Pharmacy.
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RPS responds to government consultation on pharmacist flexibilities
RPS has responded to the government’s consultation on pharmacist flexibilities, supporting proposals that would enable pharmacists to use their clinical judgement during medicines shortages while calling for practical safeguards and broader reforms to improve timely access to treatment.
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Pharmacy teams must be fully integrated into palliative care, says RPS
Pharmacy teams must be fully integrated into palliative and end‑of‑life care, the RPS has urged, warning that too many patients still face delays, poor communication and limited access to essential medicines and support.
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RPS welcomes new chief executive and registrar of the General Pharmaceutical Council
RPS has welcomed the appointment of Kathie Cashell as the new Chief Executive and Registrar of the GPhC, highlighting the opportunity to strengthen collaboration and advance shared goals for high‑quality, patient‑centred pharmacy practice.
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New RPS Fellows: November 2025
Seventeen members have been named as new RPS Fellows, recognising their distinguished contributions to pharmacy and the esteem in which they are held by their peers.
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RPS announces appointment of inaugural Chair of the Trustee Board to steer the future royal college charity
Joe Irvin OBE has been appointed the first Chair of the future Royal College of Pharmacy’s Trustee Board, bringing extensive voluntary‑sector leadership experience to help guide the new royal college through its founding period.
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RPS Scotland to host parliamentary exhibition
RPS Scotland will host a three‑day exhibition at the Scottish Parliament to showcase its greener pharmacy toolkit and highlight calls for more sustainable approaches to medicines, alongside key priorities from its Scotland Manifesto and joint Health and Climate Manifesto.
We are the Royal College of Pharmacy, the professional leadership body for pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists. We exist to advance the safe and effective use of medicines, drive excellence in patient care and support pharmacists to deliver the highest standards of practice.
As the third largest workforce in healthcare, pharmacy plays a vital role in the health system, and as experts in medicines, pharmacists and their teams are central to patient care and public health. Our mission is to put pharmacy at the forefront of patient care, advancing the safe and effective use of medicines to the benefit of patients and the public.
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