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It has been a hectic – but very enjoyable – couple of weeks representing the Society, first in Parliament in London and then at the World Congress of Pharmacology in Kyoto in Japan. My fortnight on the road began with the Parliamentary Links Day in the House of Commons organ...

Today, 5 April 2021, updated guidance on good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices , published by the General Medical Council (GMC) comes into force. The guidance supports doctors to be able to prescribe safely for their patients, regardless of the setti...

The UK government has today published its ten-year strategy for the life sciences. Building on the successes of the COVID-19 response, the strategy aims to help the NHS to solve the UK’s biggest health challenges by creating an “environment in which industry can grow and s...

Early career pharmacologists* (ECPs) are encouraged to submit articles to the fifth Pharmacology Matters Writing Competition.  We are looking for informative and well-written articles on a pharmacology-related topic of your choice.  We encourage you to explore your topi...

Over a billion items are prescribed each year in England alone, but reports from the General Medical Council have shown that approximately 9% of NHS prescriptions contain errors and newly graduated doctors see prescribing as particularly challenging. Since 2007, the British ...

A joint conference between the British Pharmacological Society and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

On the evening of 12 September, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath led a debate in the House of Lords, outlining the importance of clinical pharmacologists in the UK and calling for immediate action to tackle the reduction of clinical pharmacologists practicing in the NHS and teaching i...

Are you coming to the end of your degree, or have you recently graduated and find yourself asking ‘what next?’ It is a complex question, and there isn’t just one right answer! It can be difficult to decide where you want to go in your career and to seek out opportunities for...

The Society’s published report from PwC shows that pharmacology is alive and well in the UK higher education sector, and that graduates go on to a wide range of successful careers. The PwC report also points to the value of internships and work experience and our young pharma...

On World Patient Safety Day (17 September 2022), the British Pharmacological Society reflected on the role of clinical pharmacology in advancing medication safety.  Clinical pharmacologists are experts in the development and use of medicines. They investigate the mechani...