New Regulations for the Royal College of Pharmacy
Following a successful Special Resolution Vote in March 2025, where members voted in favour of proposed changes to our Royal Charter and becoming the Royal College of Pharmacy, another step in this journey is making some transitional changes to our Regulations.
Establishing new Regulations will take place in two phases. Firstly, we will publish draft interim transition Regulations – these are to enable elections to the new royal college structure to take place in early 2026 and to transfer the Pharmaceutical Press into a subsidiary company. We will ‘gazette’ these to the RPS membership in autumn 2025, that is, place them before members for 60 days to give opportunity for a final review and comments, which will then be considered by our governing body, Assembly, ahead of enacting them.
- You can read our draft interim transition Regulations in full here.
- All RPS members are invited to share their views
We will then be gazetting a full new set of Regulations for the future Royal College of Pharmacy in early 2026. These will follow the same ‘gazetting’ process, where they are placed before the membership for 60 days in early 2026, once the date on which the Royal College of Pharmacy will come in to being is agreed with the Charity Commission and the Privy Council. Feedback will then be considered by Assembly, ahead of enacting the new full Regulations ready for the Royal College to launch.
Monday 20 October – Friday 19 December 2025
Draft interim transition Regulations are published, and ‘gazetting’ period takes place, where RPS members can submit feedback
Early January 2026
Final interim transition Regulations are enacted, to enable elections to the new royal college structure to take place
Early 2026
Draft full Regulations are published, and ‘gazetting’ period takes place for 60 days, where RPS members can submit feedback
April 2026
Final full Regulations are enacted (and replace the interim transition Regulations), alongside our change into a charity
Share your views on the draft interim transition Regulations
We are inviting all RPS members to submit feedback and views on the draft interim transition Regulations, by completing an online webform between Monday 20 October and Friday 19 December 2025.
How to take part:
- Read the draft interim transition Regulations
- Submit your views and feedback on the draft interim transition Regulations via this webform by Friday, 19 December 2025.
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