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Consultation on proposed amendments to the Society's Royal Charter

The profession and other stakeholders have been consulted on proposed changes to the Society’s Royal Charter during a 12-week consultation period which ended on 7 May 2009. 

Royal Charter vote

The findings of the consultation were presented to the Council in June 2009, and a ballot of the membership has taken place to seek approval via Special Resolution for the changes to the Charter. 

Background information

The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain agreed on 3 February 2009 that the new Professional Leadership Body for pharmacy should be a chartered body and that the Society’s Royal Charter should be amended to enable its successful transition in 2010. With the adoption of the TransCom prospectus as the blueprint for the new body, the amended Charter, together with the legislation to establish the General Pharmaceutical Council, will allow the separation of the regulatory and professional functions of the Society.

The amendments agreed by the Society’s Council will enable:

• The removal of references to the Society’s role as a regulator
• The establishment of the governance structure of the new body
• The means by which new membership categories can be created

Information on the proposed amendments can be found below:

• Introduction from the President
• Consultation document

More detailed information on the proposed changes can be found below:

• Full commentary on proposed Charter changes
• Current 2004 Charter
• Current Charter showing proposed amendments as tracked changes
• Clean draft of how the Charter would look if the proposed changes were to be incorporated

If you would like a hard copy format of any of the above documents, please contact Michele Savage on 020 7572 2689. 

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