NPA, CCA and IMP come together as Pharmnacy Voice.
Now we need the RPS and PDA to come together as Pharmacist Voice or even better British Pharmacist Association and/or Royal College of Pharmacy
http://www.pjonline.com/news/trade_organisations_launch_unified_voice_for_pharmacy
| Just a reminder to make sure you renew your GPhC by this Wednesday – the 30th November. If you do not renew your membership you WILL NOT be able to work as a pharmacist from the 1st January 2011.
It’s not like the old Society where there was a bit of leeway if you were late, no fee pay by Wednesday, no work as a pharmacist! Re-registering is easy. All you need is the letter the GPhC sent out around the 27th September which contains your GPhC number and a renewal number then click on the link below. |
PL-UK – for all the best pharmacy jobs
Just when things seem to be getting better for pharmacists the old chestnut of self- protection rears it’s head. Responding to ex- Secretary of health, Alan Milburn’s comments at the Pharmacy Show that Pharmacy needs to speak with one voice to achieve it’s potential we get this response via the C+D website
Wanting to show that pharmacy speaks with one voice comments from PSNC, NPA and RPS!!!!!!
In one article the problem for pharmacy is shown in stark contrast! All these bodies full of their own importance and why always the talk of pharmacy not pharmacists.
Politicians and the public couldn’t care less about pharmacy in the same way they couldn’t care less about joinery, recruitment, banking or any other profession or trade. What they do care about is people i.e. pharmacist, joiners bankers (OK, maybe not.) Politicians and the public care about flesh and blood, not bricks and mortar.
Please, for the sake of pharmacists like me, sort yourselves out. PSNC merge with the NPA, the CCA, the independent multiples group, the national association of pharmacies with the word Road in the title etc etc etc and speak about your business concerns.
The RPS merge with the PDA and speak for pharmacists, speak about how pharmacists can support doctors, nurses, opticians and social workers and we might, eventually fulfil our potential as health professionals because you know what, Alan Milburn was so right and we all know it!
The Coalition are having a bonfire of the Quango’s today. Can’t we have a quango of the representative bodies in the pharmacy profession? Just think how powerful a business lobby and a pharmacist lobby could be!
The split is happening. There will be a general mailing to all Technicians and Pharmacists from the GPhC soon. The two main things to remember are that GPhC registration fees are due before 30th November 2010 and secondly the CPD requirements and records are carried over from the RPSGB system and will continue to be valid.
The main points from the G. Ph.C. mailing are as follows.
The GPhC will create a single register for all pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises. This will replace the registers currently held by the RPSGB.
The GPhC will operate a rolling register for registrants. From 2011, renewal of registration will be due ten months after the date of initial entry. Failure to complete the renewal process at the correct time could result in an entry expiring at the end of the twelve month registration period, meaning you are no longer entitled to practise.
I’ve met my first pharmacists who has been asked to submit their CPD record for accreditation. I know it was coming but it’s still a bit of a shock so make sure you have nine pieces of CPD for the last twelve months and that it is entered onto one of the accepted formats.
Agency Workers Regulations – how does it effect me?
The simple answer is it doesn’t. …. in most cases. For more expert guidance than I can supply as a pharmacist rather than a legal bod please click on the link below. http://www.pcg.org.uk/cms/documents/01109%20PCG%20A4%2020PP%20BROCHURE%20SINGLE%20PAGES.pdf
One in a lifetime opportunity – pharmacist required in Tonga
We have been approached by a not for profit pharmacy in the Kingdom of Tonga asking us to recruit a pharmacist to work at one of the health centres in the Kingdom. This opportunity will definately not come up again for if you fancy a complete change of scene and an opportunity to live on [...]
Just a quick post to remind all pharmacist that they need to renew their GPhC registration by the 31st October. So you still have a month to pay but if you are anything like me, if you don’t do it now, there’s a chance you’ll forget!
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