Statements & Guidelines
All Trials Petition
Published 10 December 2012
BPS has announced its intention to sign the All Trials petition. This decision underlines the Society’s unqualified commitment to the principles of transparency in clinical trials, which has been a central theme of its collaborative work with organisations in health and commercial life science settings for a number of years.
Ethical standards and clinical trials: a letter to the Times
Published 7 November 2012
In a letter to the Times, BPS President Professor Phil Routledge joined 15 other healthcare representatives to highlight the work of the healthcare professions and life sciences industry in the campaign for clinical trial transparency.
Declaration on openess on animal research
Published 19 October 2012
BPS position on animal research, as set out in the recent Declaration on Openness on Animal Research and supported by a number of UK organizations.
Health and life sciences group agrees new clinical trials transparency principles
Published 23 May 2012
The Ethical Standards in Health and Life Sciences Group (ESHLSG) has published a new series of Clinical Trial Transparency Principles and Facts. This is the first time that leading healthcare professional bodies and senior representatives of the pharmaceutical industry have agreed to a joint approach on this critical issue. This is an important step forward in the on-going move across the entire research community to drive best practice in clinical research reporting.
Healthcare community agree on principles for working together to improve patient health
Published 28 March 2012
Healthcare leaders from across the UK have published a new set of guidelines to promote positive collaboration between health organizations and the pharmaceutical industry and help guide their working practices and interaction.
The Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry 2012
Published 4 January 2012
Published by ABPI the code regulates the advertising of medicines for prescription to health professionals and administrative staff. It also covers information about prescription only medicines made available to the general public.
Fresh concern over immigration restrictions
Published 14 November 2011
Professor Ray Hill, President of the British Pharmacological Society has joined other key figures from our sector in signing a letter requesting that the government review its propositions on settlement rights for immigrants.
Publication of UK Bioscience Sector Coalition response
Published 23 September 2011
The UK Bioscience Coalition response to the Home Office consultation on the Transposition of European Directive 2010/63/EU. BPS endorses the Coalition's response.
Transfer of Care Guidelines
Published 12 July 2011
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society have launched their good practice guidelines for the transfer of care between providers. Final versions of the health professional guidance and guidance for commissioners and providers are now ready and have the endorsement of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Royal College of GPs, the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Physicians. All documents and background information can be found on the RPS website, direct links to the guidelines can be found below.
Standards for the design of hospital in-patient prescription charts
Published 20 May 2011
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges was asked by Sir Bruce Keogh, the NHS Medical Director, to work closely with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Royal College of Nursing to develop standards for the design of in-patient prescription charts, using expert opinion and evidence where available. Their report is now available on the website of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
BPS support the Academy of Medical Sciences review
Published 22 February 2011
The BPS are supporting the Academy of Medical Sciences review, A new pathway for the regulation and governance of health research. The review examines the regulation and governance of UK health research involving human participants, their tissue or their data.
The review proposes four key principles that should underpin the regulation and governance framework around health research in the UK, offering a unique insight into the current state of, and future prospects for, clinical trials in the UK.
BPS signs ABPI Code of Practice
Published 7 February 2011
BPS President Professor Ray Hill has added his signature to a new Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) code of conduct. The statement, Evolving the relationship between the medical community and the pharmaceutical industry, aims to support greater openness and transparency in the relationship between industry and healthcare professionals, something that is as important to the BPS as it is to our co-signatories from the medical profession, wider healthcare and across industry.
ARRIVE guidelines. Reporting of In Vivo Experiments
Published 6 July 2010
The ARRIVE (Animal Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments) guidelines have been developed by the NC3Rs to improve standards of reporting and ensure that the data from animal experiments can be fully evaluated and utilised. These guidelines are intended to improve the reporting of animal experiments and have been published in the British Journal of Pharmacology and seven other journals.
BPS Letter to Prospective Parliamentary Candidates
Published 20 April 2010
The BPS, in April 2010, wrote to over 230 prospective parliamentary candidates, many of whom have a STEM background, to call for the protection of teaching and research in pharmacology in universities. The letter makes the case that pharmacology, which is at the heart of drug discovery and development, is of strategic importance to the health and wealth of the nation.
BPS Ten Principles of Good Prescribing
Published 5 February 2010
While medicines have the capacity to enhance health, all have the potential to cause harm. BPS recommends that healthcare professionals who prescribe medicines should do so using the Ten Principles of Good Prescribing, which underpin the safe and effective use of medicines.
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Developments 2006-2009
The expansion of clinical pharmacology in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s was followed in the 1990s and the early part of this century by contraction, as universities allowed numbers of consultant clinical pharmacologists to fall. However, in the last four years (2006-2009) there has been renewed interest in the subject, and many positive developments have occurred. A full narrative account of these developments will appear in the February issue of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
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