Fitness to practise

Pharmacy regulator fails four in ten fitness-to-practise standards in watchdog report

The General Pharmaceutical Council has failed to meet four out of ten fitness-to-practise standards set by the Professional Standards Authority, an annual review has found.…

Record number of complaints to regulator for the second quarter in a row

The number of fitness-to-practise complaints raised with the General Pharmaceutical Council has hit a record high for the second quarter in a row.…

My fitness-to-practise treatment was nerve-wracking but fair

In her blog, ‘My horrific encounter with ‘fitness to practise’’, pharmacist Sarah Seddon shares the harrowing experience she had with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and she was only a witness in the case. Without wanting to detract in any way from Seddon’s ord…

Top ten most popular opinion articles of 2019

The Pharmaceutical Journal wasn’t short of strong views this year — whether it was a criticism of clinical guidance or a defence of the pharmacy profession. Here are the opinions that resonated most with you in 2019.…

GPhC raises concerns after fitness-to-practise complaints reach record high

The General Pharmaceutical Council has raised concerns over a 7% increase in the number of fitness-to-practise complaints brought to the regulator between July 2019 and September 2019.…

My horrific encounter with ‘fitness to practise’

The regulatory process dehumanises those it seeks to protect — it must drastically change.…

GPhC given powers to resolve fitness to practise cases without a full hearing

The General Pharmaceutical Council will be able to conclude fitness to practise cases without a full panel hearing, under new regulation reforms put forward by the government.…

Transparency required to prove fitness-to-practise process is non-discriminatory

The pharmacy regulator must be more transparent about how it conducts fitness-to-practise investigations if trust in its ability to do a fair job is to be maintained.…

‘Worrying’ proportion of minority ethnic pharmacists suspended or struck off GPhC register

The chair of the General Pharmaceutical Council has admitted he has concerns over the number of black, Asian and minority ethnic pharmacists who are suspended or removed from the register, compared with white pharmacists.…

GPhC to review impact of fitness-to-practise process on pharmacists’ mental health

The regulator is looking at how its fitness-to-practise procedure impacts the mental health of pharmacists who are under scrutiny.…