ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACY LAUNCH ‘HERALDS NEW ERA’ FOR PHARMACY PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP


Just over a year after members voted in favour of changes to the Society’s Royal Charter, the transition to royal college status is now complete and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has become the Royal College of Pharmacy.


The change follows a series of rigorous legal and governance processes and has culminated in the establishment of new profession led leadership, including the election of three National Pharmacy Advisory Councils, the Senate and the President, together with the appointment of a Chair of Trustees and recruitment of lay Trustees.


The stated commitments of the new royal college are to create a strong and unified voice for pharmacy, support pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists to advance the safe and effective use of medicines and drive excellence in practice for the benefit of patients and the public.


The Royal College of Pharmacy will build on existing strengths, with plans in place to progress its credentialing programme, develop new learning resources and deliver enhanced support for members. A new visual identity has been unveiled and a new website at www.rcpharm.org hosts new content and updated resources.


Looking ahead, the college will work closely with members, fellows, the wider pharmacy community and patients to shape its long term strategy. This process will involve a period of evidence gathering and deep engagement, informed by member feedback, consideration


SUSTAINABILITY ROUNDTABLE AT HOLYROOD


of the UK Pharmacy Professional Leadership Advisory Board’s recommendations, and a core focus on the college’s ‘Commitments’, before the final strategy is established. Further opportunities for members and stakeholders to engage with the work of the Royal College of Pharmacy and help shape the strategy will be announced as the organisation’s first year unfolds.


The manifesto calls on the next Scottish Government to:


1 Urgently accelerate the electronic prescribing programme, by allocating appropriate resource.


2 Provide specific funding to primary care to improve sustainable medication disposal.


3 Enable green social prescribing initiatives across Scotland including public messaging.


Before transitioning to royal college status, The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland brought together politicians, royal colleges, the pharmaceutical industry and key stakeholders from across Scotland’s health system for a roundtable meeting in the Scottish Parliament.


The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the recommendations in the RPS Manifesto for Health and Climate, which was launched with the Royal College of General Practitioners ahead of the recent Scottish Parliament elections. The event was supported by Carol Mochan, a member of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee in the previous Parliamentary session.


The manifesto focuses on creating a national movement for sustainable prescribing across Scotland’s healthcare system to reduce the environmental impact of medications. It is estimated medicines account for around 25% of carbon emissions in the NHS. The manifesto is endorsed by: British Dental Association in Scotland, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Royal College of Anaesthetists, Faculty of Public Health and The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.


Commenting on the roundtable, Director for Scotland at Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Laura Wilson, said: ‘The roundtable at the Scottish Parliament was a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness of our manifesto with politicians and other key stakeholders and to begin a conversation about how we can work collectively towards delivering recommendations outlined in our Manifesto for Health and Climate.


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4 Ensure that the pharmaceutical industry makes information about the environmental impact of medicines readily available in a standardised data format.


5 Work with Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) and the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) to publish and disseminate information about the environmental impact of medicines in their guidelines.


6 Ensure education providers support prescribers by including environmental sustainability in education and training for health professionals.


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