The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain's registration and fees procedures are governed by Rules made under the Pharmacy and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007. For more information, click here.
For enquiries about registration of pharmacists or pharmacy premises that are not answered on this page, please contact:
Registration SectionFor enquiries about registration of pharmacy technicians that are not answered here, please contact:
Support Staff SectionFor information about pharmacists voluntarily removed from the register last month, click on the link below:
For information about registrants erased from the register for non-payment of fees on 6 April 2010, click on the link below:
For this month's registration statistics, click on the links below:
For an analysis of the Society's Registers, click on the link below:
Under thePharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 (as amended), "a person practises as a pharmacist or a pharmacy technician if, whilst acting in the capacity of or holding himself out as a pharmacist or a pharmacy technician, he undertakes any work or gives any advice in relation to the dispensing or use of medicines, the science of medicines, the practice of pharmacy or the provision of health care."
For guidance on practising and non-practising status, click on the links below:
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain conducted a census of the pharmacy workforce in 2008. Data recieved is currently being analysed and an anonymised report will be published in the second quarter of 2009.
The Society has commissioned three pharmacy workforce censuses in recent years: 2002 (click here), 2003 (click here) and 2005 (click here). These studies generated a huge amount of data that have been used to inform workforce planning and policy development in the profession. For the above three years, the Society has been able to construct a comprehensive picture of who is working, where and for how many hours in each sector of practice. This data, together with annual register analysis has been looked at longitudinally and interesting and valuable trends have been identified around movement between sectors and increasing portfolio working, feminisation of the profession, changing workforce practice (ie, hours worked) and marked changes in career drivers. The data has allowed us to undertake longitudinal analysis to determine changes in workforces over time. An analysis of the census data, with the Society's annual register data 2002-2006 is now available (click here).
If you would like further information in relation to the pharmacy workforce census please contact:
Research Division
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
1 Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7JN
Tel: 020 7572 2278
Fax: 020 7572 2506
e-mail: practiceresearch@rpsgb.org
Members |
£ |
|---|---|
| Practising | 422.00 |
| Low income | 281.00 |
| Non-practising | 72.00 |
| Overseas (resident outside the EEA) | 126.00 |
Premises |
|
| Retention fee | 172 |
Pharmacy technicians |
|
| Practising | 138.00 |
| Non-practising | 72.00 |
Members |
£ |
|---|---|
| New member registration fee | 202.00 |
Premises |
|
| New premises registration fee | 541 |
Pharmacy technicians |
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| For details, click here |
Members |
2009 (£) |
2008 (£) |
|---|---|---|
| Practising | 413.00 |
395.00 |
| Non-practising | 70.00 |
67.00 |
| Overseas (resident outside EEA) | 123.00 |
118.00 |
Premises |
||
| Retention fee | 168.00 |
162.00 |
Pharmacy technicians |
||
| Practising | 135.00 |
130.00 |
| Non-practising | 70.00 |
67.00 |
Members |
2009 (£) |
2008 (£) |
|---|---|---|
| New member registration fee | 198.00 |
191.00 |
Premises |
||
| New premises registration fee | 529.00
|
510.00
|
Pharmacy technicians |
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| For details, click here |
The 2010 retention fee process has now finished. Registrants who had not made their declaration and payment by 5 April 2010 have been erased from the register.
To access the myRPSGB area of the website to download a receipt for a retention fee payment, click on the link below:
Direct debits can be set up for the 2011 retention fee process by completing and return a direct debit mandate.
Pharmacist direct debit mandate
Technician direct debit mandate
Pharmacy owners direct debit mandate
Staged payments for 2010 will be taken on the 8 or 22 January, 29 March, 28 June and 28 September.
For information about staged payments, click on the link below:
For information about the Low Income fee, click on the link below:
Criminal conviction and health matters For pharmacists or pharmacy technicians who need to provide information about a criminal conviction or a health matter which they have not previously advised the Registrar, click on the links below for a downloadable form and for guidance on the declaration of convictions:
Registration with other UK health regulators If you have registered, or your registration has ceased, with another UK health regulator during 2008, please update your details via myRPSGB.
Receipts are no longer sent by post. All pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, regardless of the method of payment, can download a copy of their official RPSGB receipt from myRPSGB. To log in to myRPSGB for the first time, you need a Form Number. This is printed on your retention fee form. It can also be obtained from the Registration Section (e-mail: registration@rpsgb.org).
To change your registered address, please e-mail or telephone the contact details below, quoting your registration number:
Registration SectionChange of name: If you have changed your name, please return your current registration certificate, by recorded delivery, with a photocopy of your marriage certificate, decree absolute or copy of your deed poll document, to the Registration Section. There is no fee for a change of name.
Lost or stolen certificate: If your certificate has been lost or stolen you will need to sign a statutory declaration of loss form. For the statutory declaration form, click on the link below:
Changing current certificate: We are able to provide certificates in A4 size only. If you want to change your old A3 certificate to A4, please return the certificate (by recorded delivery) to the Registration Section. The cost of a replacement certificate is £14. You can expect to receive your certificate within eight weeks. Your new certificate will be sent to your registered address by recorded delivery.
Framing service: Please contact The Certificate Framing Company (tel 01332 780232, e-mail: info@certificateframing.co.uk).
To inform us of the death of a member, please e-mail, fax, telephone or write to us, at:
Registration SectionPlease send a copy of the death certificate and details of the next of kin. We will confirm receipt of the information and forward details to The Pharmaceutical Journal, for the obituary column. NB: Tributes should be sent directly to The Pharmaceutical Journal (e-mail: editor@pharmj.org.uk).
You will also need to send the deceased member's registration certificate to the Registration Section for cancellation. We can return the cancelled certificate to you, but only if you indicate when you send it in that you want it returned.
Paper receipts are no longer issued automatically. All members can download a copy of their official RPSGB receipt from myRPSGB. If you have paid your retention fee by cheque or direct debit and you need your retention form number in order to sign up to myRPSGB, please contact the Registration Section (e-mail: registration@rpsgb.org).
| From | To | £ |
|---|---|---|
| Non-practising | Practising | 350.00 |
| Non-practising | Practising Low Income | 209.00 |
| Non-practising | Overseas | 54.00 |
| Overseas | Practising | 296.00 |
| Overseas | Practising Low Income | 155.00 |
| Practising Low Income | Practising | 141.00 |
Please complete and return the status change application form with appropriate payment.
For the status change application form, click on the link below:
For an application form for annotation to the Register as a supplementary or independent prescriber, click on the links below
For more information about pharmacist prescribing, click here
If you wish to voluntarily remove your name from the Register of Pharmacists or Register of Pharmacy Technicians, please complete the voluntary removal application form and send it to the following address:
Registration SectionFor the voluntary removal application form, click on the link below:
You will also need to return your certificate to us using recorded delivery or other secure delivery service. If you would like to have the cancelled certificate returned to you please let us know in your letter.
If you have voluntarily removed your name from the Register of Pharmacists within the past 12 months but wish to restore your name there is a restoration fee in addition to the 2010 retention fee. For an application form for restoration to the Register, click on the link below:
If you voluntarily removed your name from the Register of Pharmacists and have been absent for more than 12 months, please contact the Registration Section:
Registration Section
Tel: 020 7572 2322
e-mail: registration@rpsgb.org
If you were removed from the Register following a direction of the Statutory Committee or Disciplinary Committee and wish to apply for restoration, please see the Disciplinary Committee page for further information (click here).
For information about Certificates of Current Professional Standing, click here
For application forms relating to the registration of pharmacy premises, click on the links below:
For more information about registration of premises, contact:
Registration SectionFor information about registration of pharmacy technicians, click here
| From | To | £ |
|---|---|---|
| Non-practising | Practising | 66.00 |
For a status change application form, click on the link below:
For an application form for restoration to the Register of Pharmacy Technicians, click on the link below:
For questions and answers on the pharmacy technician census, click here
For more information, contact: