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• A career in pharmacy

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• World of pharmacy

  This section provides information on the wider world of pharmacy, covering: current developments in pharmacy, the use of medicines, science, practice research, working with other UK and international bodies, events and meetings.

• Professional leadership body

  This section provides information on the setting up of a new professional body for pharmacy, alongside a new regulatory body, as part of a fundamental modernisation of the pharmacy profession

The Veterinary Pharmacists Group is open to all pharmacists engaged, or considering becoming engaged, in the preparation or supply of agricultural chemicals, veterinary medicines and allied products.

A new online network has been set up for existing members of the Veterinary Pharmacists Group

Contact details:

Information and Advisory Service (IAS)
e-mail: ias@rpsgb.org

For more information, click on the links below:

Core activities
Committee
- Election 2009
Information leaflet
Supply of veterinary medicines
Veterinary care and medicines for cats
Events
Newsletters
Veterinary pharmacy education programme (VPEP)
Free membership of Animal Health Distributors Association (AHDA)

Core activities

- to promote the practice of veterinary pharmacy
- to promote the application of pharmaceutical knowledge within veterinary pharmacy
- to put forward to the Society's Council the group's views on policies for development through the policy support unit
- to put forward to relevant Council committees the group's views on implementing policy
- to advise the Council on any aspect of veterinary pharmacy practice

Committee

The group is administered by a committee of seven: two members of the Society's Council and five elected group members. Two additional committee members can be co-opted each year.

Meetings 2009:
February (tbc)
June (tbc)
October (tbc)

Election 2009

The five elected places on the group committee fell vacant in 2009. For information about nomination of candidates, click on the link below:

• Veterinary Pharmacists Group committee election 2009
• Veterinary Pharmacists Group committee election 2009: Nomination form (removed after closing date)

Information leaflet

For the VPG information leaflet, click here

Supply of veterinary medicines

For a "Top tips" sheet on the supply of veterinary medicines on prescription, click here

Veterinary care and medicines for cats and dogs

For information on veterinary care and medicines for cats and dogs, click on the link below:

Cats antiparasitics: A guide for pharmacists
Dogs antiparasitics: A guide for pharmacists

Events

Veterinary medicines The Veterinary Pharmacists Group of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences one day conference, The development of veterinary medicines, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain headquarters, UK, 27 April. Details click here

Newsletters

The Veterinary Pharmacist newsletter is now being published as a section in our new publication, Your Society. To view the latest edition, click on the link below which will take you directly to Your Society.

Veterinary Pharmacist, June 2009 (p7 of Your Society, June 2009)
Veterinary Pharmacist, February 2009 (p7 of Your Society, February 2009)

Veterinary Pharmacist, September 2008 (p7 of Your Society, September 2008)
Veterinary Pharmacist, June 2008 (p7 of Your Society, June 2008)
Veterinary Pharmacist, February 2008 (p7 of Your Society, February 2008)

Veterinary Pharmacist, October 2007
Veterinary Pharmacist, June 2007
Veterinary Pharmacist, February 2007

Veterinary Pharmacist, September 2006
Veterinary Pharmacist, May 2006
Veterinary Pharmacist, January 2006

Veterinary Pharmacist, October 2005
Veterinary Pharmacist, March 2005
Veterinary Pharmacists Group newsletter, Spring 2004 (1.03MB)

Veterinary pharmacy education programme (VPEP)

For information about the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's veterinary pharmacy education programme (VPEP), click on the link below:

Veterinary pharmacy education programme

Free membership of Animal Health Distributors Association (AHDA)

For information about free membership, for VPG members, of the Animal Health Distributors Association (AHDA), click on the links below:

• Veterinary Pharmacy Group (VPG) offers its members free membersh¡p of the Animal Health Distributors Association (AHDA) (letter)
• Application from RPSGB VPG member to join AHDA (application form)

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