Registration assessment

GPhC June assessment pass rate falls to lowest level since 2011

The pass rate for the General Pharmaceutical Council’s June registration assessment has fallen to its lowest level since the regulator began running the exam.…

Autumn prereg assessment pass rate increases for second year in a row

The number of preregistration trainee pharmacists who passed the autumn registration assessment has increased for the second year in a row, according to the latest results from the General Pharmaceutical Council.…

GPhC registration assessment result gap must be closed

There is still much work to do to reduce disparities in registration assessment results, but the General Pharmaceutical Council’s efforts should hopefully be a move in the right direction.…

BPSA receives ‘little to no positive feedback’ on 2018 preregistration exam

Hundreds of students have complained about the June 2018 General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) preregistration assessment, describing it as “complex”, “wordy”, “ambiguous” and “misleading”, according to a report from the British Pharmaceutical Students…

Preparing for the GPhC registration assessment

Education, training and development pharmacist Aamer Safdar shares sage advice for pre-regs worrying about the registration assessment.…

Autumn registration assessment pass rate up on last year

The pass rate for the registration assessment in September 2017 is more than 17 percentage points higher than last autumn, according to results released by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).…

In hindsight: reflections on the GPhC preregistration assessment

Newly registered pharmacist Sean Quay reflects on his experience of this year’s General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) preregistration assessment.…

Registration assessment pass rate falls to 78%

The number of preregistration trainee pharmacists who passed their registration assessment in June has fallen from last year.…

Almost 600 student pharmacists complain about registration assessment

Almost 600 student pharmacists have complained about the length, complexity and relevance of questions in their General Pharmaceutical Council registration assessment.…

GPhC removes option for registration assessments to be re-marked

The option to have pharmacy registration assessments re-marked will be removed from 2017, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has announced. Instead, the GPhC’s board of assessors has agreed to replace the current system with a five-stage checking process before results are agreed.…