The RPS “welcomes feedback from our members” and “looks forward” to hearing how they feel about the proposal, the spokesperson told C+D today (May 31). 

The body “often consults” with its members about “the products and services we, and other organisations, provide as part of our work to continuously improve our membership offer”, the spokesperson added.

Currently, both the National Pharmacy Association and the Pharmacists’ Defence Association offer their members bespoke professional indemnity solutions.

Feedback “not part” of independent review into member participation

Earlier this month, the RPS’s annual membership report revealed that 1,564 of its members had left the organisation between 2020 and 2021.

Following this, communications agency Luther Pendragon was appointed to review how members and elected members engage with the pharmacy body through a series of focus groups, surveys and interviews – at the end of which the agency is expected to produce a series of recommendations for the RPS.

However, a RPS spokesperson confirmed to C+D today that feedback on professional indemnity provision within pharmacy “does not form part of RPS’s work with Luther Pendragon”.

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The RPS recently came under fire following the restructure of its top team, which saw the departures of former pharmacy and membership experience director Robbie Turner and director of education and professional development Gail Fleming, to be replaced by a single person.

Meanwhile, earlier this year, an online petition launched by a former RPS board member calling for greater transparency within the organisation hit over 500 signatures.