Pharmacy bodies

Time to limit the damage caused by inaccurate stories about pharmacists accessing medical records

Scaremongering stories from newspapers could damage the trust between pharmacy and the public.…

GPhC publishes exam questions for the first time

Questions from this summer’s professional registration assessment with advice about possible pitfalls and what the examiners are looking for have been released for the first time by the General Pharmaceutical Council’s independent board of assessors.…

Pharmacy’s governmental negotiator expresses reluctance over RPS contract proposals

National pharmacy negotiators have expressed concern about proposals by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the National Association of Primary Care for the GP and community pharmacy national contracts to be “more aligned”.…

Students trained at schools with lower entry standards more likely to fail GPhC registration exam

Pharmacy students that join university courses with lower A-level requirements or through ‘clearing’ are more likely to fail the General Pharmaceutical Council registration assessment at their first sitting.…

NHS England and pharmacy organisations defend access to patient data

Allowing pharmacists access to summary care records will not adversely affect patient privacy, NHS England says.…

Oversight body criticises the effectiveness of health regulation

Health and care regulation is incoherent and expensive and there is little evidence for its effectiveness, says the Professional Standards Authority.…

Near miss error tools for pharmacists launched

New and updated resources from RPS aim to help pharmacy teams reduce near miss errors.…

MHRA reviews liquid ranitidine packaging after audit of dispensing incidents

The UK medicines safety regulator is reviewing the packaging of liquid ranitidine after an audit of dispensing incidents involving children.…

Call for national scheme for pharmacies to supply emergency medicines

A national service that reimburses pharmacists for providing emergency supplies of prescription medicines would boost patient care, research suggests.…

Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in the past month

What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month.…