Premises regulation

Eight in ten GP practices unfit for ‘future needs’, British Medical Association warns

Nearly eight in ten GP practices are not fit for future needs such as accommodating larger teams of healthcare professionals including pharmacists, the British Medical Association has warned.…

Should the law change to allow more flexible pharmacy supervision?

Two pharmacists give their personal views on whether the current supervision legislation is fit for purpose.…

Person-centred over patient-centred care: not just semantics

How does the technology giant’s marketing approach relate to person-centred care in health?…

New premises standards outlined for pharmacies in Northern Ireland

Retail pharmacists in Northern Ireland are set to be given greater autonomy over how to run their services under proposed new standards.…

Standards for pharmacy professionals modernised

The General Pharmaceutical Council has rewritten its standards for pharmacy professionals, with the aim of providing the regulatory framework required for the evolving roles and working practices of the profession.…

GPhC freezes fees for 2016–2017

The fees that pharmacists and pharmacy technicians must pay to register with the professional regulator have been frozen for 2016–2017.…

GPhC’s new inspection model encourages focus on patients, report suggests

The General Pharmaceutical Council’s new premises inspection regime is “working well” but concerns have been raised over whether it will improve service quality in the long-term, according to research commissioned by the regulator.…

Pharmacy regulator finds record keeping and cleanliness standards often not met

A picture is emerging of the day-to-day practices that are influencing how pharmacies are ranked under the new premises inspection regime introduced by the General Pharmaceutical Council.…

Pharmacy inspection rankings need an overhaul

The GPhC will scrap the satisfactory rating, but its premises inspection model needs more than a relabel.…

Proposals to ‘decriminalise’ dispensing errors may not prevent prosecution for inadvertent mistakes

New proposals seek to end the threat of prosecution for inadvertent dispensing errors but there are concerns that pharmacists will not be fully protected when they make an honest mistake.…