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 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.
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RPS calls for pharmacy workforce support
The RPS has reiterated its call for pharmacy to be central to the forthcoming NHS workforce plan, stressing the need for investment in education, prescribing, professional development and wellbeing to support a growing, evolving pharmacy workforce.
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BNF Partnership translates cautionary and advisory labels into the UK’s most spoken languages
BNF Partnership comprising BMJ Group, Pharmaceutical Press, RCPCH, and NPPG has translated British National Formulary (BNF) and BNF for Children (BNFC) cautionary and advisory labels (CALs) into the UK’s most spoken languages for their API customers for integration into clinical systems. BNF + BNFC CALs provide essential supplementary guidance on dispensed medicines using evidence-based and trusted BNF and BNFC knowledge. Only available from Pharmaceutical Press, on behalf of BNF Partnership, BNF + BNFC CALs are clear, unambiguous, and optimised for patients to understand, helping to improve medication adherence and optimise patient outcomes. Kate Towers, Content Director at Pharmaceutical Press, on behalf of BNF Partnership said: “British National Formulary has an enduring relationship with the National Health Services across the UK, and health professionals implicitly trust the evidence-based independent information to make informed decisions about the safe and effective use of medicines. We recognise how essential the BNF + BNFC CALs are in supporting medication adherence and safety. This additional service, providing translations into the most spoken languages in the UK, is an important development to extend this support to more patients.” BNF + BNFC CALs translations have been undertaken by professional registered translators in the UK and where multiple dialects exist for a particular language, the BNF + BNFC CALs have been translated into the dialect most spoken. More languages are due to be added to the API over the coming months. For more information on BNF + BNFC CALs For more information visit BNF.org Read more Royal College of Pharmacy news stories.
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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