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Home > What we do > People and structures > Membership and special interest groups

The Society has membership groups for community pharmacists, hospital pharmacists, industrial pharmacists and veterinary pharmacists. There is also a special interest group for pharmacy academic staff.

The groups hold meetings on topics of interest within their own fields, and provide a source of advice to the Society's Council on specialist matters.

Each group is administered by a committee. Most committee members are elected by the group; the remainder are members of the Society's Council. Each committee is supported by a professional secretary and an administrator.

All RPSGB registered pharmacists are entitled to join any of the groups.

Each group is GB wide and has an elected committee, which meets 3 times a year at RPSGB; their objectives include:

Representing and highlighting key issues within an area of practice to council and the national pharmacy boards
Input into relevant RPSGB workstreams and consultations within area of practice
Network with a wide range of stakeholders, representing the profession and developing practice

For more information on contacts and meetings, click on the links below.