General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Pharmacy regulator to blind fitness-to-practise investigations against racial bias

The General Pharmaceutical Council is to introduce blind reviews during its fitness-to-practise investigations in an attempt to remove bias from the system. …

Risk assessments of provisionally registered pharmacists could be checked by the regulator

Pharmacy inspectors may ask to see risk assessments made by pharmacies when they employ pharmacists who are provisionally-registered during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

All provisionally registered trainees must be risk-assessed before starting work, regulator says

All preregistration pharmacists on the provisional register must be risk-assessed by their employer before they can start work, the General Pharmaceutical Council has said.…

Almost a third of temporary pharmacy registrants intend to return to work, regulator finds

Nearly a third of community pharmacy staff who were temporarily added to the pharmacy register in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have either returned to work or are planning to do so soon, a survey has found.…

Pharmacy inspections stopped as GPhC inspectors switch to ‘supportive role’

The General Pharmaceutical Council has announced it will be stopping all routine inspections of pharmacies from 17 March 2020.…

RPS backs regulator’s guidance on buying medicines online

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is one of nine healthcare bodies backing new General Pharmaceutical Council guidance for patients ordering medicines or treatment online.…

Regulator may temporarily re-register 6,000 pharmacy staff to cope with a COVID-19 emergency

The General Pharmaceutical Council has drawn up plans to temporarily re-register pharmacists and pharmacy technicians if the government launches a state of emergency in relation to COVID-19.…

Regulator finds almost 6% of inspected pharmacies fail to meet staffing standards

Just under 6% of community pharmacies in England, Scotland and Wales have failed to meet staffing standards set by the professional regulator.…

Pharmacy regulator fails four in ten fitness-to-practise standards in watchdog report

The General Pharmaceutical Council has failed to meet four out of ten fitness-to-practise standards set by the Professional Standards Authority, an annual review has found.…

Record number of complaints to regulator for the second quarter in a row

The number of fitness-to-practise complaints raised with the General Pharmaceutical Council has hit a record high for the second quarter in a row.…