General Medical Council

Patients should be free to choose where to access services, regulators say

GPs and community pharmacists should not allow financial interests to influence the advice they give patients about where to access services, their respective regulators have told them.…

Disciplinary measures are appropriate

I am amazed at your apparent tolerance of wrong and over prescribing of antibiotics by doctors ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;295:163). You mildly question the referral of such doctors to the General Medical Council rather than strongly support it. Janna Lawrence (…

New edition of reference guide for palliative care specialists

‘Palliative Care Formulary 5th Edition’, edited by Robert Twycross, Andrew Wilcock &  Paul Howard. …

Pharmacy regulator supports joint approach to culture of openness

The General Pharmaceutical Council has joined other regulators in promoting health professionals’ duty to be honest and open with patients.…