Number of overseas pharmacists applying to work in Great Britain increased by 26% in one year Exclusive: There were 757 applications to the Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme in 2022/2023, up from 599 in 2021/2022.…
Asian and black pharmacists overrepresented in fitness-to-practise concerns, GPhC finds The General Pharmaceutical Council has analysed data on fitness-to-practise concerns and found that all ethnicities other than white pharmacists were overrepresented.…
Regulator to monitor registration assessment performance of three further pharmacy schools Data from the General Pharmaceutical Council's report on the June 2023 registration exam show low pass rates for students from the University of Hertfordshire, University of Lincoln and University of Portsmouth.…
Colchicine for cardiovascular disease: is UK clinical practice missing out? A deep dive into whether colchicine, an ancient treatment for inflammation, has a future in cardiovascular disease therapy in the UK.…
PSA writes to health secretary to ‘raise concerns’ over GPhC’s fitness-to-practise timeliness Duncan Rudkin, chief executive of the GPhC, said it was “an absolute priority” for it to resolve fitness-to-practise cases “in a timely way”.…
Rapid-acting antidepressants face a slow journey to wider use Evidence is mounting for the effectiveness of rapid-acting antidepressants for treatment-resistant depression — but will their use ever take off in the NHS?…
GPhC facing biggest ever backlog of open fitness-to-practise cases at initial assessment stage Council papers said there were more than 700 open initial assessment fitness-to-practise cases.…
NICE recommends drug treatment for long-term insomnia Daridorexant has been recommended as a second-line treatment for long-term insomnia by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.…
PJ view: Post-registration support for newly qualified pharmacists from 2026 must be a collaborative endeavour Joined up working across Great Britain — and across pharmacy sectors — is vital to ensuring newly trained pharmacists get the support they need as independent prescribers from day one.…
Pharmacist given warning as committee in second fitness-to-practise case rules remarks were antisemitic The General Pharmaceutical Council’s fitness-to-practise committee issued Nazim Hussain Ali with a warning for a second time over remarks he made at an Al Quds Day rally, after its initial decision was quashed by the High Court.…