Message from our CEO, Rachel Lambert-Forsyth
We have put a proactive plan in place to protect and reduce risk to our members and staff, while continuing our services during the COVID-19 outbreak.
In line with UK Government guidance, our offices at Angel Gate in London are closed with all meetings and committees now being run virtually, including Council.
All our staff are working from home with phone call and emails answered as normal; with the plans and facilities we have in place we anticipate that you should not notice any significant difference in our service.
We are continuing to monitor the national situation and are making decisions in good time as to whether any scientific meetings should go ahead, be postponed or cancelled, or be held virtually...continue reading
Our response and action
Journals - free access to COVID-19 papers
Our digital community
Working with partners
Meetings and events
Journals - free access to COVID-19 papers
All published articles relevant for COVID-19 in the BJP and the BJCP have been, or will be, made free to access immediately. (PR&P is entirely open access.) The Society's journals accept manuscripts that have already been posted as a preprint, and all authors submitting to the BJP or the BJCP may post their manuscript as a preprint in Authorea as part of the submission process. Explore our Journals
Our digital community
We’re pleased to be able to support our members in coming together digitally, in a time when other activities may be more difficult. Launching in May 2020, all members will have access to the online BPS Community - where our members can come together to explore ideas, build supportive relationships, and share research. Read more and find out how you can join now.
We have been working hard to understand how best we can support our membership and the wider pharmacological community at this time. We are therefore working with partners in the sector, including the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, NICE, HRA, medical Royal Colleges and IUPHAR to ensure that we understand the developing landscape and the role that the Society and our members can play.
We are also responding to requests from the Science Media Centre to help ensure accurate representation of pharmacology, medicines and science in the media, and would like to thank them for their efforts in helping bring expert views to the fore. If you would like to join the conversation, please get in touch through the BPS community forum.
We’ll be sharing any ways you can support the activities of the Society and our partners in the ‘How you can help’ area of our website.
The wellbeing of attendees at our meetings and events is of the utmost importance. We have been monitoring developments and advice from the UK Government and World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19. Many of our events have been adapted into online formats. As we ease back to in-person events, we have created a COVID-19 safety at events document. View our events calendar for the latest information on individual meetings and events.
- Training workshops are now available to book. Please check individual workshop details for information on whether they are in-person or online.
- Pharmacology 2021 will be a virtual event held on 7-9 September 2021.
- The BPS President's Lecture delivered by Dr Robert Langer (originally scheduled for June 2020) will now take place during our 90th Anniversary Celebration event.
- Our 90th Anniversary Celebration event will be held on 1 Decemember 2021 as an in-person event, with a virtual attendance option.