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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 Section
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
1 Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7JN
Tel: 020 7572 2322
Fax: 020 7572 2506
e-mail: registration@rpsgb.org

For enquiries about registration of pharmacy technicians that are not answered here, please contact:

Support Staff Section
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
1 Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7JN
Tel: 020 7572 2610
e-mail: pharmacytechnician@rpsgb.org

Register statistics

For an analysis of the Society's Registers, click on the link below:

For this month's registration numbers, click on the links below:

For information about pharmacists who retired from the register last month, click on the link below:

  • List of members voluntarily retired from the Register of Pharmacists
  • Guidance on status

    Under the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007, "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:

    Fees

    Annual retention fees 2008
    Members
    £
    Practising
    395.00
    Non-practising (resident in the British Islands or the EEA)
    67.00
    Overseas (resident outside of the British Islands and the EEA)
    118.00
    Premises
    Retention fee
    162.00
    Pharmacy technicians
     
    Practising
    130.00
    Non-practising
    67.00

    For information about paying your fee, including online payment, click here

    Registration fees 2008
    Members
    £
    New member registration fee
    191.00
    Premises
    New premises registration fee
    510.00
    Pharmacy technicians
     
    For details, click here

    For information about paying your fee, including online payment, click here

    Previous years' retention fees
    Members
    2007 (£)
    2006 (£)
    Practising
    283.00
    267.00
    Non-practising in Great Britain (resident in Great Britain)
    64.00
    60.00
    Non-practising in Great Britain (resident overseas)
    112.00
    106.00
    Premises
    Retention fee
    156.00
    150.00
    Pharmacy technicians
       
    Practising
    93.00
    88.00
    Non-practising
    71.00
    67.00

    Payment of fees: myRPSGB (Online payment)

    To access the myRPSGB area of the website, click on the link below:

    myRPSGB

    Payment of fees: Direct debit

    For direct debit forms for paying retention fees, click on the links below:

    Members

    Change of address

    To change your registered address, please e-mail or telephone the contact details below, quoting your registration number:

    Registration Section
    Tel: 020 7572 2322
    e-mail: registration@rpsgb.org
    Registration certificates

    Change 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).

    Reporting the death of a member

    To inform us of the death of a member, please e-mail, fax, telephone or write to us, at:

    Registration Section
    Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
    1 Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7JN
    Tel: 020 7572 2322
    Fax: 020 7572 2506
    e-mail: registration@rpsgb.org

    Please 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.

    Retention fee receipts

    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).

    Retention fee upgrades

    Upgrades to 2008 fees:

    From To
    £
    Non-practising (resident in the British Islands or the EEA) Practising
    328.00
    Non-practising (resident in the British Islands or the EEA) Overseas (resident outside of the British Islands and the EEA)
    51.00
    Overseas (resident outside of the British Islands and the EEA) Practising
    277.00

    Please complete and return the status change application form with appropriate payment.

    For the status change application form, click on the link below:

    Annotation to the Register (supplementary and independent prescribers)

    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

    Retiring from the Register

    If you wish to retire 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 Section
    Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
    1 Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7JN

    For 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.

    Restoration to the Register

    If you have voluntarily retired from the Register of Pharmacists within the past 12 months but wish to restore your name there is an application fee in addition to the 2008 retention fee. For an application form for restoration to the Register, click on the link below:

    If you voluntarily retired 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

    Letters of good standing

    For information about letters of good standing, click here.

    Premises

    Registration of pharmacy premises

    For application forms relating to the registration of pharmacy premises, click on the links below:

    For information about payment of fees, click here

    For more information about registration of premises, contact:

    Registration Section
    Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
    1 Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7JN
    Tel: 020 7572 2322
    Fax: 020 7572 2506
    e-mail: registration@rpsgb.org

    Pharmacy technicians

    For information about registration of pharmacy technicians, click here

    For information about paying your retention fee, including online payment, click here.

    Retention fee upgrade

    For a status change application form, click on the link below:

    Restoration to the register

    For an application form for restoration to the Voluntary Register, click on the link below:

    For more information, contact:

    Registration Section
    Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
    1 Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7JN
    Tel: 020 7572 2322
    Fax: 020 7572 2506
    e-mail: registration@rpsgb.org
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