Six-fold increase in registration applications from overseas pharmacists Exclusive: Data from the General Pharmaceutical Council show that there were 353 applications for the Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme between 4 March 2021 and 17 October 2021.…
Trainees to use new online platform for pharmacy registration exam in 2022 The General Pharmaceutical Council plans to run the registration assessment online until at least 2024.…
Hundreds of provisional pharmacists could be removed from GPhC register Provisional registrants who have not joined the main register by 31 January 2022 will no longer be able to practise as pharmacists.…
Trainees told to wait until November 2021 to retake registration exam after technical problems The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has written to the pharmacy regulator to ask for a "fairer solution" for affected candidates.…
GPhC intends to provide registration assessment online until 2024 Exclusive: The General Pharmaceutical Council has said it is currently tendering a contract for a supplier to provide a computer-based registration assessment in UK test centres over the next three years.…
Scottish Pharmacy Board meeting: 13 May 2021 At the latest Scottish Pharmacy Board meeting, there was a special focus on education, with the aim of identifying priorities to take forward for the incoming board.…
High Court quashes ‘antisemitism’ fitness-to-practise decision The High Court judgement said that the General Pharmaceutical Council's fitness-to-practise committee "wrongly took account" of the intention of pharmacist Nazim Ali "when assessing whether his language was objectively antisemitic".…
Regulator to confirm registration exam arrangements for overseas candidates ‘much earlier’ in future The General Pharmaceutical Council has said it will "provide more regular updates for candidates" ahead of the July 2021 exam.…
CQC proposes law change to close online prescribing loopholes linked to patient deaths The Care Quality Commission said its proposed legislative changes would improve its ability to regulate independent care providers that are currently “putting people’s lives at risk”.…
GPhC figures show 90% pass rate for provisionally registered pharmacists in registration exam Data published by the pharmacy regulator show 90.4% of provisionally registered pharmacists have passed the March 2021 assessment.…
