Fitness to practise

GPhC reviews fitness-to-practise guidelines

Pharmacists who are dishonest with patients when care goes wrong could be removed from the professional register, the General Pharmaceutical Council has proposed.…

Family to take civil action after dispensing error death

Relatives of a woman who died after a dispensing error are to take civil action, the family’s lawyers have confirmed.…

How does lack of anonymity facilitate shared learning in error reporting?

Why Joy Wingfield is concerned about the decision to abolish anonymity for community pharmacies in reporting errors before the decriminalisation of dispensing errors has become a reality.…

CPS will not act against pharmacist whose error led to patient’s death

A pharmacist involved in a dispensing error that led to the death of a patient is being investigated by the General Pharmaceutical Council.…

Liberal Democrat peer to lead revalidation advisory group

Lord Kirwood of Kirkhope has been appointed chairman of a group set up to provide advice to pharmacy regulators about continuing fitness to practise reforms.…

General Pharmaceutical Council to review standards on conduct, ethics and performance

The pharmacy regulator is to review its core standards for pharmacists in light of increased demands being placed on pharmacy.…

Regulator reassures community pharmacists over plan to name pharmacies in error reports

Community pharmacists are unlikely to face a fitness-to-practise hearing if they report a patient safety incident that occurred in their pharmacy, regulators say.…

Another pharmacist struck off after BBC investigation

A pharmacist’s claim that she believed a prescription existed when she supplied prescription-only medicines to a BBC undercover reporter has been dismissed as false.…

Pharmacy regulator sets up FTP advisory group

An advisory group is being set up to support the General Pharmaceutical Council as it drafts the fitness-to-practise framework.…

Pharmacy regulator wants to overturn Scottish judgement

The General Pharmaceutical Council is appealing against the decision by three senior Scottish judges to overturn a fitness to practise ruling, will go to the Supreme Court in order to clarify its disciplinary options. …