Huge thank you to all Members of the Senedd who came to speak to our team of staff and board members Royal Pharmaceutical Society Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 about the great work of pharmacy teams across all sectors, the positive impact of independent prescribing and our ambitions aligned to Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales

We’ve had a busy at the Senedd today highlighting the amazing work across pharmacy in Wales to deliver Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales - our 2030 vision for the profession.

It's Pharmacy Technician Day!

We know that Pharmacy Technicians are skilled, knowledge and hugely dedicated professionals. They are valued colleagues who play a vital role in the pharmacy teams in Wales.

Diolch o galon! ❤️

#RXTECHDAY

'Pharmacists are experts in medicines...who have full understanding of optimising therapy and reducing antimicrobial resistance,' says RPS President Claire Anderson in today's The Times and The Sunday Times
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A wonderful celebration of community pharmacy with Boots UK Pharmacy News Boots great to hear David Rees MS and Vaughan Gething speaking so highly about the work done by pharmacy teams. Royal Pharmaceutical Society Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Deryn

🚨Last chance to complete our Workforce Wellbeing Survey!

Help us advocate for improvements to support your mental health and wellbeing by filling out our quick anonymous survey.

Closes today at 5pm: rpharms.com/WW2022

#PharmacyWellbeing

RPS President Claire Anderson has completed today's #RideForTheirLives cycle with UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
and is taking part in a panel discussion with health leaders about sustainability and healthcare.

Find out more: bit.ly/3fTlgIi

Ride for their Lives #RPSSustainability

Our poll with YouGov shows 1 in 5 of us keep medicines in the bathroom. RPS Chief Scientist Professor Parastou Donyai advises the public to 'store them in a cool, dry place' and highlights how pharmacists can advise people on safe storage of medicines: bit.ly/3T7KDVq

📢1 Month to go until RPS Annual Conference 2022!📢

This year’s programme will focus on Inspiring Change: The Future of Pharmacy, with an exciting line-up of expert speakers.

FREE for RPS members!

Don't miss out. Book now: bit.ly/3zTqATN

#RPSConference #RPSConf22

Another fantastic speaker from the netherlands added to the expert line up to discuss community pharmacist's confidence with interpreting and returning pharmacogenomic results. Lets get prepared for PGx together! Dont miss it on tues 11th Oct. Royal Pharmaceutical Society Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 RPS in Scotland All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre

Read our submission to the Independent Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership 👇

We’re enthusiastic to work openly & collaboratively with other organisations to co-create the strength & unity in leadership pharmacy deserves.

This will ensure Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales becomes a reality.

Join us to hear about the campaign, Erutase Oputu & others will be sharing their experiences of being a parent or carer in pharmacy.

We’re developing a microaggressions reference on poor attitudes, come along to contribute to this or DM me if you’re unable to attend.

#RPSIandD

Following our national boards meeting last week, here's RPS Wales Board Member Rhian Lloyd-Evans 💙 with a summary of what was discussed👇

This 3rd PGx webinar will be focused on interpretating PGx results, clinical decision tools and confidence with providing results in practice from expert speakers including an expert GP in genomics and a HIV pharmacist experienced with the use of PGx RPS in Scotland Royal Pharmaceutical Society Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Fantastic afternoon presenting to MPharm1 students at Swansea University today on the amazing benefits of free student membership of Royal Pharmaceutical Society . Thank you Amira Guirguis, PhD for the invite, lovely to see some of the great people delivering the MPharm degree Andrew Morris

Could you do more to empower your patients?

Join our session on Shared Decision Making at our Annual Conference for the chance to try it in practice with a virtual patient.

Join us on Friday 11 November for a day you’ll never forget: bit.ly/3zTqATN

Are there any independent prescriber pharmacists working in primary care in Wales who would like to contribute to a feature I am working on to showcase what IPs can do? Please do DM me or comment below. Thanks 🤞 Alison Moore Royal Pharmaceutical Society Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Today our new campaign kicks off to support parents and carers in the workplace. We want to help lift some of the burden and challenge the barriers you face to inclusion.

Find out more: bit.ly/3r6bKUu #RPSIandD

Our 2022 survey on Workforce Wellbeing is now open. As workplace pressure ramps up even more, tell us how it is for you and we’ll take the results to governments and employers to help drive improvements. #pharmacywellbeing

Find out more: bit.ly/3Sdzd1K