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“These first elections to the National Pharmacy Advisory Councils are a significant step towards shaping the new royal college - particularly pharmacy policy and practice - in each nation and across Great Britain. Every vote cast in these elections is important and your contribution is vital.” Paul Bennett FRPharmS RPS CEO 2026 elections for the future royal college

Voting in the Royal College of Pharmacy's inaugural elections is underway.

Discover the candidates: https://ow.ly/rWPt50YqmFH

Cast your vote by 5pm on Wednesday, 11 March: https://ow.ly/nOY350YqmFI

Board Trustee - Royal Pharmaceutical Society Role: Board Trustee of the Royal College of Pharmacy Location: London/remote We are looking for up to three talented people to bring wider expertise to our board and complement the skills of our el...

Closing soon: We're looking for Trustees to bring wider expertise to our board, help steer our strategic direction and ensure the good governance and continued financial wellbeing of the future royal college.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/XAra50Y9agl

The honesty about disagreements and challenges seems so important to me. This actually builds trust in the long term in my opinion. Thank you for standing and sharing your approach.

Leadership gets talked about in terms of decisions and direction. But the quality of those decisions depends on something quieter: genuinely listening.

A recent Coaching for Leaders episode with Bill Mayo put this well.

You will have my ear

RPS vote open now: mi-vote.com/secure/rpharms

Precautionary recall of blood pressure medication after packaging error  The MHRA has advised pharmacy and healthcare professionals to return all remaining stock to their suppliers

Precautionary recall of blood pressure medication after packaging error www.gov.uk/government/n...

Healthcare Is AI’s Hardest Test The real challenge isn’t whether AI works. It’s knowing when, writes William Warr.

“AI will not shrink the medical workforce. It will expose how much unmet need was always there.”
Pharmacy in England: prescribing expanded, Pharmacy First rolling out 59% cite workforce gaps as their biggest barrier.
AI exposes the gap. It cannot fill it.
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Amandeep Doll: 'I can be a role model of inclusive leadership':
pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opin...

National Pharmacy Advisory Council Elections VOTE NOW

Voting for the Royal College of Pharmacy elections closes on 11 March 2026.

Cast your vote to help create the National Pharmacy Advisory Councils in your nation.

Vote now: https://ow.ly/Owmm50YlN2h

Real transparency in a professional body is not publishing minutes. It is explaining decisions in plain language, being honest about disagreements, and telling members what the Council could not achieve - and why.

I know the difference.

Vote closes 11 March. #PharmacyElection2026

Our collection of resources on #minorailments has been mapped to cover the conditions specified by Wales' common minor ailments service, NHS #PharmacyFirst #Scotland and Pharmacy First in #England

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Patient safety must keep pace with expanding clinical scope The Royal College of Pharmacy will be established as a registered charity with a clear purpose: putting patients and the public at the heart of everything we do. That is not a slogan. It is a legal an...

My second PJ letter is published. As pharmacy's clinical scope expands, the College's professional guidance and credentialling must keep pace. This is not about regulation - It is about what sits above the regulatory floor. vote closes 11 March.
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How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart - The New York Times | Ghostarchive Main menu

I'm glad I don't use ChatGPT

How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart - The New York Times | Ghostarchive ghostarchive.org/archive/Ldcdm

I remember being at a health tech conference many moons ago, when Dr Tim Ferris announced that AVT would be a big thing.

And now it is

National Pharmacy Advisory Council Elections VOTE NOW

Voting is open for the Royal College of Pharmacy elections.

Cast your vote to help create the National Pharmacy Advisory Councils in your nation.

Vote now: https://ow.ly/Owmm50YlN2h

I’m standing in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society elections.
This is a defining moment as we shape the future Royal College of Pharmacy.
Regardless of who you support, please vote by 11 March (5pm). Strong foundations require strong participation — our profession’s voice matters

Former Leicester MP Jonathan Ashworth recovering after stroke The former Labour MP says he is "on the mend" after becoming ill on New Year's Day.

Pharmacy Hypertension Case finding service uncovers these potential risks to health.

Former Leicester MP Jonathan Ashworth recovering after stroke www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump’s ban Trump calls Anthropic a ‘Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about’

Good to see Anthropic take a stance against the use of its AI in this way.

But sad that of all the ways humanity could use the technology, this rises to the surface

US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump’s ban www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Used the Ofcom complaints process today.
Straightforward web form, although the limit of 1500 characters is a little constraining.

Let’s see what happens

Radio Two's Piano Room now on BBC2 - absolutely fantastic covers by a range of superb artists.

Watch now or on the iPlayer

The full draft Regulations for the Royal College of Pharmacy are published and open for feedback until midnight 29 March.
This is the framework that will shape how our professional body operates, engages with policymakers, and represents pharmacy from April 2026 onwards.

‘Our own people hate us’: Labour given byelection wake-up call after 13,000-vote majority disappears Labour billed it as ‘two-horse race’ with Reform UK, but Greens’ media campaign, and Hannah Spencer’s authenticity, wins the day

‘Our own people hate us’: Labour given byelection wake-up call after 13,000-vote majority disappears

National Pharmacy Advisory Council Elections VOTE NOW

Voting is open for the Royal College of Pharmacy elections. Vote now to help create the National Pharmacy Advisory Councils in your nation.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/ElHp50YlNEz

Category H on-demand webinar - Community Pharmacy England Community Pharmacy England held a webinar on the new Part VIIIA Drug Tariff category, Category H, on Monday 16 February. A subset of Category C drugs with multiple suppliers will be listed in Category...

Really good webinar from CPE on the to be imposed Cat H.

Category H on-demand webinar - Community Pharmacy England cpe.org.uk/our-news/cat...

As a candidate in these elections I call for all eligible members to vote - your voice is important.

If I am one of your choices that is gratefully received.

But regardless please vote

Impressed with Ghostarchive - pretty quick to process.

Thanks for a new toy.

My browser clears the cookies and firewall rubbish

Do people get paid to write/make up this stuff?

Or is it down to getting the optics right for contract negotiations?

www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026...

Pharmacy funding fell by 20% over past decade The real-terms value of the ‘Community pharmacy contractual framework’ (CPCF) has decreased from £3.9bn to £3.1bn over the past decade, the pharmacy minister has confirmed. In a written parliamentary…

The real-terms value of the ‘Community pharmacy contractual framework’ has decreased from £3.9bn to £3.1bn over the past decade

#CPCF #pharmacyfunding #NHS #healthcare

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