Newsletter July 2011

• Professional Forum elects Chair and Vice-Chair
• Collection and Delivery Guidance published
• Work starts on MDS Guidance
• Review of Responsible Pharmacist Regulations
• University of Manchester report on revalidation
• ISA registration requirements scrapped

Newsletter February 2011

• Professional Forum Election Results
• Controlled Drugs and EEA Prescriptions
• Tips and Lessons from CPD Assessment 2009/10
• Revalidation Survey and Stakeholder Event
• Tribute to Andrée McCollum
• PASS-provided pre retirement course

Newsletter August 2010

• New Guide to Legal Requirements;
• Consultation on Collection and Delivery Services Guidance;
• VBS Registration Requirements placed on hold
• Pharmacies advised to separate retail and wholesale documentation
• Guest Article from RNID

Newsletter  April 2010

• Consultation on Homeopathy Guidance launched
• Unlicensed Medicines and Record Keeping
• Measures to tackle counterfeit medicines threat
• Guest Article from Parkinson's UK
• Benevolent Fund becomes Pharmacist Advice and Support Service

Newsletter  January 2010

• New President Elected
• Community Pharmacy Premises Standards launched
• Updated advice on Wholesale Trading
• New Guidance on Professional Boundaries
• Regulation of Chinese Medicine
• Changes to Doctors Prescribing Rights and Registration
• Feedback from CPD assessors 2008/09
• New helpline for pharmacists

Newsletter October 2009

• An introduction to the Vetting and Barring Scheme
• New Codeine Controls announced
• Guidance on Responsible Pharmacist Regulations and Hospital Pharmacy
• Feedback from 2008/09 Pre-Registration Year
• Way forward on Professional Forum
• Raymond Anderson appointed Vice-President of Commonwealth Pharmacist Association
• Report of 84th AGM

Newsletter August 2009

• Code of Ethics launched for Pharmacists in Northern Ireland
• Responsible Pharmacists Standards and Guidance published
• Guest column from DHSSPS on Controlled Drugs Management
• Public Safety and Continuing Professional Development
• Consultation on formation of a Professional Forum

Newsletter March 2009

• Consultation on Responsible Pharmacist Standards and Guidance
• Fitness to Practise changes
• Revalidation proposals for pharmacists in Northern Ireland take shape
• Guest column: RNIB
• Pre-Registration News and practice exam questions
• New advice from MHRA on cough and cold medicines

Newsletter November 2008 

• President outlines importance of new Professional Forum
• Continuing Professional Development results - what happens next
• Guest Column: Professor Carmel Hughes
• Government plans in relation to the Responsible Pharmacist
• New Cross-Border European prescriptions legislation
• Aaron Duffy wins Ronnie McMullen Award

Newsletter June 2008

• Professor Sean Gorman awarded Fellowship
• NI Assembly vote to retain local pharmacy regulation
• Pharmaceutical Society meets with MEPs and Peers
• Review of Public Administration

Newsletter March 2008

•  New Director Trevor Patterson arrives at Pharmaceutical Society
• Meeting with Health Minister Michael McGimpsey MLA
• New Framework for Pharmacy Regulation in Northern Ireland in 21st Century
• Why Devolution makes a Difference