Be our resident expert on medications. Give advice at senior levels and see that medical teams give the best healthcare to troops.
The Royal Army Medical Corps uses a huge range of medications and medical devices. As a Pharmacist Officer, you have the medical knowledge to advise senior commanders on the use and management of medications. You can give guidance on distributing medical suppliers and pharmaceutical care in Defence Medical Group Hospital Units. What’s more, you can advise GPs in primary care and give pharmaceutical support to overseas bases. During conflict or other operations, you deploy with a field hospital where you’ll provide a dispensing and ward-based clinical service.
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is responsible for maintaining the health of servicemen and women. The Corps is represented wherever British Soldiers are deployed, providing medical support to operations, exercises and adventurous training expeditions all over the world.
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,557 "other personnel", for a total of 110,029.
The modern British Army traces back to 1707, with antecedents in the English Army and Scots Army that were created during the Restoration in 1660. The term British Army was adopted in 1707 after the Acts of Union between England and Scotland.
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