Pharmacy regulator fails to meet fitness-to-practise standards set by watchdog A review has found that the General Pharmaceutical Council has failed to meet all five fitness-to-practise standards for the third year in a row.…
Six-fold increase in registration applications from overseas pharmacists Exclusive: Data from the General Pharmaceutical Council show that there were 353 applications for the Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme between 4 March 2021 and 17 October 2021.…
Trainees to use new online platform for pharmacy registration exam in 2022 The General Pharmaceutical Council plans to run the registration assessment online until at least 2024.…
Hundreds of provisional pharmacists could be removed from GPhC register Provisional registrants who have not joined the main register by 31 January 2022 will no longer be able to practise as pharmacists.…
Trainees told to wait until November 2021 to retake registration exam after technical problems The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has written to the pharmacy regulator to ask for a "fairer solution" for affected candidates.…
GPhC intends to provide registration assessment online until 2024 Exclusive: The General Pharmaceutical Council has said it is currently tendering a contract for a supplier to provide a computer-based registration assessment in UK test centres over the next three years.…
Scottish Pharmacy Board meeting: 13 May 2021 At the latest Scottish Pharmacy Board meeting, there was a special focus on education, with the aim of identifying priorities to take forward for the incoming board.…
High Court quashes ‘antisemitism’ fitness-to-practise decision The High Court judgement said that the General Pharmaceutical Council's fitness-to-practise committee "wrongly took account" of the intention of pharmacist Nazim Ali "when assessing whether his language was objectively antisemitic".…
Dual action ibuprofen and paracetamol tablets should not be moved to general sale, RPS says In its response to a public consultation, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society says moving painkiller Nuromol to the general sales list may lead to patients confusing it with paracetamol and taking a higher dose than instructed.…
Regulator to confirm registration exam arrangements for overseas candidates ‘much earlier’ in future The General Pharmaceutical Council has said it will "provide more regular updates for candidates" ahead of the July 2021 exam.…
