Pharmacy links
Ask About Medicines
Independent campaign to increase people's involvement in decisions about their use of medicines.
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
Trade association for companies in the UK producing prescription medicines.
British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (BAPW)
Represents full line pharmaceutical distributors and provides a forum for discussion across the industries involved in the provision of pharmaceuticals to Britain's health services.
College of Pharmacy Practice
Aims to promote professional and personal development of all pharmacists and their staff, to ensure a competent workforce which aspires to excellence in practice.
Company Chemists' Association
Aims to work in the interests of community pharmacy and, particularly, to represent the interests of, and add value to, nationally represented UK multiple community pharmacy.
Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists
Professional association
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Government agency responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe.
National Pharmacy Association
Trade association of community pharmacy owners.
National Prescribing Centre
Aims to promote and support high quality, cost-effective prescribing and medicines management across the NHS, to help improve patient care and service delivery.
Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG)
For all paediatric pharmacists whether it is your chosen specialty, just a part of your job or even if it is just an interest.
Primary Care Pharmacists Association
Provides education, training and support for a national network of Pharmacists in Primary Care.
Proprietary Association of Great Britain (PAGB)
UK trade association for manufacturers of over-the-counter medicines and food supplements.
Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC)
Recognised by the Secretary of State for Health as representative of community pharmacy on NHS matters
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Professional and regulatory body for pharmacists in England, Scotland and Wales; also regulates pharmacy technicians on a voluntary basis.
UK Clinical Pharmacy Association
Supports and encourages the emergence of clinical pharmacy, bringing together like-minded pharmacists from different practice areas to share knowledge, research and experiences.
UK Medicines Information (UKMi)
NHS pharmacy based service which aims to support the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines by the provision of evidence-based information and advice on their therapeutic use.
UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group
Ensure best treatment with medicines for people with mental health needs and their carers by developing educational facilities and accreditation for pharmacists, providing support through local and national resources and providing a network of support for psychiatric pharmacists.
UK Renal Pharmacy Group
Facilitate high quality, value-for-money education, training and research for pharmacists (and via them, other health care professionals) involved in provisions of pharmaceutical care to patients with renal disease.