How will we generate the new generation of prescribing pharmacists? The Pharmaceutical Journal’s health policy columnist looks at how, in practice, new cohorts of prescribing pharmacists can be taught and supervised.…
Encouraging more pharmacists to become DPPs By setting up a London-wide training project that used case studies of training scenarios from different healthcare settings, Puja Nathwani was able to help 120 non-medical prescribers on their way to becoming designated prescribing practitioners.…
Number of overseas pharmacists applying to work in UK falls by two-thirds in one year Exclusive: The fall follows a big increase in overseas-qualified pharmacists applying to the Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme in the previous year.…
Registration assessment will be held online until at least 2029, says GPhC The regulator said it was undertaking a procurement process “to provide certainty in relation to delivering the registration assessment” while it considers its future.…
Pharmacy bodies call for action to ensure access to designated prescribing practitioners A joint report by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and National Pharmacy Association encourages pharmacies to work together to assess their readiness to provide a prescribing learning environment.…
One-year route to registration for overseas qualified pharmacists proposed by regulator The registration route would initially apply to non-European Economic Area and non-European Free Trade Association qualified pharmacists.…
GPhC reveals lowest summer registration assessment pass rate for five years The exam results showed a pass rate of 75%, down from the 77% pass rate for the 2023 summer assessment.…
PDA criticises pharmacy regulator for ‘failing to use data effectively’ to bridge attainment gap The Pharmacists’ Defence Association said in a consultation response that it was “not confident the General Pharmaceutical Council will use any additional data to deliver meaningful improvement and change to the experience or outcomes for students”.…
Preparing for the GPhC registration exams: how to revise learning outcomes relating to clinical knowledge and therapeutic approaches The third of a three-part series for foundation trainees preparing for the General Pharmaceutical Council registration assessments, this article looks at how to approach learning outcomes related to therapeutic approaches and clinical practice.…
Preparing for the GPhC registration exams: how to approach learning outcomes relating to professional practice The second of a three-part series for foundation trainees preparing for the General Pharmaceutical Council registration assessments. Part 2 looks at how to approach learning outcomes related to professional practice.…
