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What we do
This section provides information on the functions and structure of the Society, covering: key documents about the Society and its history, the Society's business plan and annual review, the annual British Pharmaceutical Conference, meetings at the Society, people and structures, the Council and its work, devolution/national pharmacy boards, awards and scholarships, job vacancies at the Society, how to complain about the society.
A career in pharmacy
This section provides information on pharmacy careers, pharmacy education policy, undergraduate education including links to schools of pharmacy, preregistration training, the roles of pharmacy support staff, and working in other countries.
Registration & support
This section provides information on areas of support for the profession including registering with the Society, fee structure and payment of fees, updating personal details, clinical governance, audit resources, CPD, postgraduate courses and further training, leadership in pharmacy.
Information resources
This section covers the Society's information resources including the press office, library, advisory services, and museum; it also gives quick links to downloadable documents published by the Society.
World of pharmacy
This section provides information on the wider world of pharmacy, covering: current developments in pharmacy, the use of medicines, science, practice research, working with other UK and international bodies, events and meetings.
Professional leadership body
This section provides information on the setting up of a new professional body for pharmacy, alongside a new regulatory body, as part of a fundamental modernisation of the pharmacy profession

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Registration
This section provides information on Registration with the RPSGB.
Protecting the public
This section provides information on the Society's work as a regulator, including fitness to practise standards, codes of ethics, the pharmacy inspectorate and its roles, how to complain about a pharmacist, pharmacy premises or pharmacy technician, and the Society's disciplinary committees.
New pharmacy regulator
This section provides information on the setting up of a new regulatory body for pharmacy, alongside a new professional body, as part of a fundamental modernisation of the pharmacy profession.

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Objects in the history of pharmacy
History of the Society
Guidance for museums
Developing treatments

Objects in the history of pharmacy

What is an oxymel? How many teaspoonsful make a fluid drachm? How did a pharmacist make pills?

The answers to these questions, and many more, can be found in a series of illustrated information sheets on objects in the history of pharmacy. The illustrations are mainly drawn from images available as postcards from the Society's museum.

The information sheets are available here in PDF format. If you are unable to print the information sheets, they are available by post. Please contact the museum on 020 7572 2210.

Click on the relevant title below for each information sheet.

History of the Society

Information sheets about aspects of the Society's history are available here in PDF format. If you are unable to print the information sheets, they are available by post. Please contact the museum on 020 7572 2210.

Click on the relevant title below for each information sheet.

Guidance for museums

This information sheet outlines some of the health and safety, and legal issues surrounding collections of pharmacy material in museums, and held by private collectors. Click on the link below:

Historic pharmacy collections: care and safety issues

Developing treatments

For a series of information sheets based on the Museum's annual Developing treatments display, click here

© Information sheets have been produced by the Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for non-commercial educational use. Permission must be sought for commercial use of any part of this material.