General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Healthcare regulator asks pharmacists to ‘consider the limitations’ of providing online services

The General Pharmaceutical Council has asked pharmacists to “consider the limitations” of providing services online when deciding on the scope of practice they can provide.…

Pharmacy regulator removes rule that led to preregistration ‘exploitation’

Rules on work placements that had led to some preregistration pharmacists resitting their assessment being “exploited” have been dropped by the General Pharmaceutical Council …

Almost half of community pharmacists admit to self-checking their own dispensing

Nearly half of community pharmacists in Great Britain have admitted that they self-check their own dispensing, results of The Pharmaceutical Journal 2019 salary and satisfaction survey have shown.…

Pharmacy regulator opts to keep same three reflective account standards for revalidation

Pharmacists will be asked to choose from the same three standards for their reflective accounts for revalidation next year, the General Pharmaceutical Council has announced.…

Moratorium on online dispensing of opioids is required

An undercover investigation carried out by The Times is further proof that online pharmacies should be prohibited from prescribing and dispensing opioid medicines until they can prove they are safe.…

Pharmacists to ‘proof check’ GPhC registration assessment questions after errors found in exam

The General Pharmaceutical Council has introduced “a blind proof check” of its exam questions after three errors were found in the regulator’s June 2019 registration assessment.…

Just six pharmacies rated ‘excellent’ in history of GPhC inspections

The General Pharmaceutical Council has rated just six pharmacies as ‘excellent’ following more than 14,500 inspections between August 2013 and November 2018.…

Pass rate gap widens for black trainees in preregistration exam

The difference in pass rates between black African and white British preregistration trainees taking the General Pharmaceutical Council registration assessment has widened by four percentage points since 2018.…

GPhC to further work on five-year integrated training as 76% of consultation responses show support

The General Pharmaceutical Council has said that it will “take forward work” on implementing five-year integrated education and training for pharmacy students after more than two-thirds of respondants to a consultation agreed with the proposal.…

GPhC prescribing guidance may restrict some patients from accessing their medicines, consultation told

Guidance for pharmacist prescribers is “too restrictive” and could make it more difficult for patients to access the medicines they require, respondents to a General Pharmaceutical Council consultation have said.…