The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Becoming the Royal College of Pharmacy: What Would it Mean for Pharmacists? On 13 to 24 March 2025, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (“RPS”) will be holding a special resolution ballot to ask its members whether it should become “The Royal College of Pharmacy”. However, it has failed to provide certain key information, and alternative perspectives, to its members and to pharmacists more broadly. This article examines what such a change would mean for pharmacists. For those without the time to read the article in full, the executive summary is as follows: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is required to promote the interests of pharmacists . The Royal College of Pharmacy would be required by law to act for the public benefit . The loss of representation of pharmacists’ interests is significant. Pharmacists would no longer have a professional (representative) body if the change goes ahead. If the definition of a profession set out previously i...