Scottish Pharmacy Board

Prof John Cromarty was elected Chair of the Scottish Pharmacy Board in July 2012.

"The Scottish Pharmacy Board provides professional leadership and advocacy support for pharmacy practice in Scotland across all sectors. Our priorities are representing and supporting Scottish pharmacists in their day to day practice and contributing to the role of pharmacy in the future

"In 2013 the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland is focusing on the Scottish Government’s 'Review of NHS Pharmaceutical Care in the Community'. You can read our response to the consultation that formed the initial part of the review."

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has made a strong commitment to improving the pharmaceutical care of older people.

In 2012 we published our report 'Improving Pharmaceutical Care in care Homes'.

This year we are looking to continue dialogue across the health and care community about the next steps we need to take.

In partnership with NHS Education for Scotland and the NHS Directors of Pharmacy for Scotland, the RPS is jointly hosting a conference that will look at improving pharmaceutical care for all older people.

The conference will be held in Glasgow on the 20th June. Places can be booked using this booking form.

• Working in partnership with GPs
  The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland has developed a close working relationship with the Royal College of General Practicioners Scotland. In order to improve patient care we have developed our 'Breaking Down the Barriers' document that sets out the joint principles of both profesisons in Scotland and commits to an Action Plan that will be carried out over the following year.
• Improving pharmaceutical care in care homes
  The report identifies priority care areas, such as reducing polypharmacy, antipsychotic and psychoactive medication and improving falls and hip fracture prevention.  The report also calls for better sharing of best practice and empowering pharmacists and other frontline practitioners in care homes.

Older campaigns

• Methadone campaign
  Working with the Scottish Government and other partners to improve outcomes for drug misusers
• Control of Entry
  Working with Scottish politicians to ensure that the voice of pharmacy is heard as new rules are drawn up to govern the application process for new NHS Community Pharmacy Contracts.
• Medicines Safety
  Integrated working with government and key stakeholders to make the UK the safest place to take medicines.
• Medicine Distribution
  Find out more about our work on medicine distribution.
• Hospital pharmacy workforce 
  Read about our investigation into the staffing issues in Scottish hospitals
• Workplace pressures survey
  Read about the results of our recent workplace pressures survey.