PSA writes to health secretary to ‘raise concerns’ over GPhC’s fitness-to-practise timeliness Duncan Rudkin, chief executive of the GPhC, said it was “an absolute priority” for it to resolve fitness-to-practise cases “in a timely way”.…
GPhC facing biggest ever backlog of open fitness-to-practise cases at initial assessment stage Council papers said there were more than 700 open initial assessment fitness-to-practise cases.…
PJ view: Post-registration support for newly qualified pharmacists from 2026 must be a collaborative endeavour Joined up working across Great Britain — and across pharmacy sectors — is vital to ensuring newly trained pharmacists get the support they need as independent prescribers from day one.…
Pharmacist given warning as committee in second fitness-to-practise case rules remarks were antisemitic The General Pharmaceutical Council’s fitness-to-practise committee issued Nazim Hussain Ali with a warning for a second time over remarks he made at an Al Quds Day rally, after its initial decision was quashed by the High Court.…
Pharmacists back calls for reduced registration fees for those on lower incomes More than 84% of respondents to a survey by the Pharmacists' Defence Association backed calls for General Pharmaceutical Council registrants on lower incomes to pay a reduced fee.…
Summer registration assessment pass rate is 77%, GPhC figures show The pass rate for the June 2023 sitting of the registration assessment is a slight fall on that of the previous year.…
Regulator reports 50% increase in early closures of fitness-to-practise cases General Pharmaceutical Council papers show that 69 cases were closed before the investigating committee stage in January to March 2023, compared with 46 cases in the previous quarter.…
NHS England looking to increase international recruitment of pharmacists Leanne Clews, pharmacy dean at NHS England, said there was a need to look at education and training pathways into the Overseas Pharmacists' Assessment Programme.…
Pharmacy regulator proposes 7.5% increase in registration renewal fees from 2024 Following a freeze in registration fees for two years, the General Pharmaceutical Council has noted that its proposed increases are below inflation.…
The commission on pharmacy leadership’s proposals threaten the very future it wants In their current form, proposals for the new commission on pharmacy leadership could lead us down a dangerously rocky road, says Mike Hannay.…
