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Royal Pharmaceutical Society
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPharmS or RPS) is the body responsible for the leadership and support of the pharmacy profession (pharmacists) within England, Scotland, and Wales. It was created along with the General Pharmaceutical Council (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 William Allen. The Northern British (Scottish) branch began the same year with nine founders including William Flockhart and Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Of Great Britain
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) existed from its founding as the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in 1841 until 2010. The word "Royal" was added to its name in 1988. It was the statutory regulatory and professional body for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in England, Scotland and Wales. In September 2010, the regulatory powers of the Society were transferred to the newly formed General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). The RPSGB became the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) at that time and retained its professional leadership role; the "Great Britain" part of the name was dropped for day-to-day purposes. Statutory role Before the establishment of the GPhC and the transfer of regulatory power, the primary objective of the RPSGB was to lead, regulate, develop and promote the pharmaceutical profession. All pharmacists in Great Britain had to be registered with the Society in order to practise, and the Society was unusual amongst healthcare regula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharmaceutical Press
{{Infobox publisher , image = , parent = Royal Pharmaceutical Society , status = , founded = 1841 , founder = , successor = , country = United Kingdom , headquarters = London , distribution = Macmillan Distribution (UK)Login Canada (Canada)Rittenhouse, Baker & Taylor, Matthews Book Company (US){{Cite web, title = Pharmaceutical Press - Contact Us, accessdate = 2017-12-04, url = http://www.pharmpress.com/Contact-Us , keypeople = , publications = Books, journals, digital products , topics = Pharmacy, medicine, drug information , genre = , imprints = , revenue = , numemployees = , nasdaq = , url = {{URL, http://www.pharmpress.com Pharmaceutical Press is the publishing arm of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (formerly the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain). It is a provider of independent pharmaceutical information. Its principal publishing focus is the design, manuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Pharmacy Practice Research Pharmacy practice research, also known as pharmacy research, is a specialty field within the wider area of health services research, which focuses on examining how and why people access pharmacy services, how much care costs, and what happens to pat .... In January 2013 the PPRT waswound up and a new charity Pharmacy Research UK was launched in its place. References {{reflist Pharmacy organisations in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 two in Northern Ireland. England Scotland *Robert Gordon University - School of Pharmacy & Life Science*University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science Wales *Cardiff University - Welsh School of Pharmac *Swansea University Northern Ireland *Queen's University Belfast - School of Pharmac*University of Ulster (Coleraine) - Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science See also *List of pharmacy schools *List of universities in the United Kingdom *List of pharmacy organizations in the United Kingdom * List of medical schools in the United Kingdom *List of dental schools in the United Kingdom *Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Notes and references {{DEFAULTSORT:Pharmacy schools in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Pharmacy Organizations In The United Kingdom
This article is a list of pharmacy organisations in the United Kingdom. __NOTOC__ {{compact ToC, side=yes, top=yes, num=yes List A *Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) B *Bandolier (journal), Bandolier *British National Formulary (BNF) *British National Formulary for Children (BNFC) *British Pharmacopoeia Commission (BPC) C *Cochrane Collaboration *Commission on Human Medicines D *Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) *DrugScope E F G *General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) H I J K L M *Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) N *National Pharmacy Association (NPA) *National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) *National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) *NHS Confederation O P *Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) *Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland *Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) Q R *Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) S *Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) T U * UK Clinical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharmaceutical Industry In The United Kingdom
The pharmaceutical industry in the United Kingdom directly employs around 73,000 people and in 2007 contributed £8.4 billion to the UK's GDP and invested a total of £3.9 billion in research and development. In 2007 exports of pharmaceutical products from the UK totalled £14.6 billion, creating a trade surplus in pharmaceutical products of £4.3 billion. UK Pharmaceutical employment of 73,000 in 2017 compares to 114,000 as of 2015 in Germany, 92,000 as of 2014 in France and 723,000 in the European Union as a whole. In the United States 281,440 people worked in the pharmaceutical industry as of 2016. The UK is home to GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca, respectively the world's fifth- and sixth-largest pharmaceutical companies measured by 2009 market share. It is also home to the multinational Hikma Pharmaceuticals. Foreign companies with a major presence in the UK pharmaceutical industry include Pfizer, Novartis, Hoffmann–La Roche and Eisai. One in five of the world's bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorrun Govind
Thorrun Govind is a British pharmacist, solicitor and broadcaster known for her significant contributions to the healthcare sector. In 2021, she was elected chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in England, the professional body for pharmacists. Govind is a member of the Junior Solicitors Network advisory committee which advises the Law Society on how to support junior solicitors. Early life and education Govind graduated from King's College London with a master of pharmacy degree. Undertaking professional training in Newark on Trent she registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council. She subsequently studied for a graduate diploma in law and qualifications in law, business and management at the University of Law. She is a qualified solicitor and member of the Law Society in England. Govind was first elected to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's English Pharmacy Board in 2018, the youngest elected board member. She was subsequently elected to chair the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The London Museums Of Health & Medicine
The London Museums of Health & Medicine is a group that brings together some of the activities of several museums in London, England, related to health and medicine. The group was founded in 1991. The museums and medical organisations are: * Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum * Anaesthesia Heritage Centre * Barts Pathology Museum * Bethlem Museum of the Mind * British Dental Association Museum * British Optical Association Museum ( College of Optometrists) * British Red Cross Museum *Chelsea Physic Garden *Florence Nightingale Museum *Foundling Museum *Freud Museum *Hunterian Museum * Langdon Down Museum of Learning Disability * Museum of the Order of St John * Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret *Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew * Royal College of Nursing Library & Heritage Centre *Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists *Royal College of Physicians * Royal London Hospital Museum * Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum *Royal Society of Medicine *Science Museum * St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens is a botanical garden, botanic garden in southwest London that houses the "largest and most diverse botany, botanical and mycology, mycological collections in the world". Founded in 1759, from the exotic garden at Kew Park, its living collections include some of the 27,000 taxa curated by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, while the herbarium, one of the largest in the world, has over preserved plant and fungal specimens. The library contains more than 750,000 volumes, and the illustrations collection contains more than 175,000 prints and drawings of plants. It is one of London's top tourist attractions and is a World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site. Kew Gardens, together with the botanic gardens at Wakehurst Place, Wakehurst in Sussex, are managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, an internationally important botany, botanical research and education institution that employs over 1,100 staff and is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Envir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mortar And Pestle
A mortar and pestle is a set of two simple tools used to prepare ingredients or substances by compression (physics), crushing and shear force, grinding them into a fine Paste (rheology), paste or powder in the kitchen, laboratory, and pharmacy. The ''mortar'' () is characteristically a bowl, typically made of hardwood, metal, ceramic, or hard stone such as granite. The ''pestle'' (, also ) is a blunt, club-shaped object. The substance to be ground, which may be wet or dry, is placed in the mortar where the pestle is pounded, pressed, or rotated into the substance until the desired texture is achieved. Mortars and pestles have been used in cooking since the Stone Age; today they are typically associated with the pharmacy profession due to their historical use in preparing medicines. They are used in chemistry settings for pulverizing small amounts of chemicals; in arts and cosmetics for pulverizing pigments, binders, and other substances; in ceramics for making Grog (clay), grog; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Lothian
Agnes Edith Lothian Short (1903 – 1980) was a British pharmacist and librarian recognised for her expertise in the history of pharmacy, especially on drug jars. Early life She was born Agnes Edith Lothian in 1903, the daughter of pharmacy teacher John Lothian. She qualified as a pharmacist at Herriot-Watt College, Edinburgh in 1926, and worked at retail pharmacies in Redhill, Surrey and at Allen & Hanburys in London for ten years, also having a stint as a representative of a baby food manufacturer. History of pharmacy In September 1940, she became librarian of the Pharmaceutical Society, where she would remain until 1968. She was elected Associate of the Library Association in 1944 and qualified as a librarian. This role put her in charge of the Society’s newly acquired historical collection of ceramics and proprietary medicines. She began a purchasing program to expand the collection, specialising in delftware and mortars. The most significant acquisition came in 1957 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pharmaceutical Journal
''The Pharmaceutical Journal'' is a professional journal covering various aspects of pharmacy, including pharmacology and pharmaceutics. It is published by, and is the official journal of, Britain's professional organisation for pharmacists, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPharmS or RPS) is the body responsible for the leadership and support of the pharmacy profession (pharmacists) within England, Scotland, and Wales. It was created along with the General Pharmaceutical Council ... (formerly the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain). The ''PJ'' is considered to be "among the oldest professional journals in the world". It first appeared in July 1841 as a monthly journal called ''Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Meetings'' (or ''Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions''); it became ''The Pharmaceutical Journal'' in 1895, ''The Pharmaceutical Journal and Pharmacist'' in 1909, and back to ''The Pharmaceutical Journal'' in 1933. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
