Pharmacists will have to be competent in speaking English to practise in the UK All pharmacists, even UK nationals, will in future have to be competent in speaking English if they want to practise in the UK, under new proposals.…
Growth at the heart of new GPhC strategy The General Pharmaceutical Council has published a new strategy with a focus on improving the quality of the pharmacy profession and outcomes for patients.…
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.…
Almost all pharmacies rated satisfactory, with few considered to be good or excellent More than 90% of the first pharmacies inspected by the General Pharmaceutical Council under its new inspection model were considered satisfactory, while only a handful were rated good and hardly any were judged to be excellent.…
CPS will not act against pharmacist whose error led to patient’s deathA pharmacist involved in a dispensing error that led to the death of a patient is being investigated by the General Pharmaceutical Council.…
Pre-registration assessment pass rate down nearly nine percentage pointsThe General Pharmaceutical Council says 427 out of 701 pre-registration trainee pharmacists have passed its September 2014 registration assessment, a pass rate of 60.9%.…
Pharmacy regulator canvasses pre-registration tutors Pre-registration tutors are being asked by the General Pharmaceutical Council what they need to be better supported in their job.…
Liberal Democrat peer to lead revalidation advisory groupLord Kirwood of Kirkhope has been appointed chairman of a group set up to provide advice to pharmacy regulators about continuing fitness to practise reforms.…
Pre-registration training difficultiesWe have always believed that young talent should be nurtured and supported during the informative years when entering the profession. However, recently we have become alarmed at the number of reports from our students who have become disillusioned and demoralised as a result of their pre-registratio…
Pharmacists should no longer be at risk of prosecution for dispensing errors New contract between the NHS and community pharmacists in England should hasten change in the criminalisation of dispensing errors.…
