Regulators

Government consults on extending temporary pension rules to allow retired NHS staff to return to work

Owing to backlogs from COVID-19 and "what could be a challenging winter", the government has proposed extending temporary measures that allow recently retired NHS staff to return to work without losing their pension benefits until 31 March 2023.…

Everything you need to know about ‘hub-and-spoke’ dispensing

A look at the government's controversial proposals that it claims will make community pharmacy in the UK more efficient.…

UK is first country to approve bivalent COVID-19 vaccine

The Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron by Moderna targets both the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron variant.…

Safety review launched into anti-epileptic medicine topiramate over fears of harm to unborn children

The review was prompted by study results that showed there was a two- to four-fold increased risk of developmental disorders or learning difficulties in children exposed to topiramate before birth.…

Gisela Abbam: ‘Online pharmacy is causing quite a lot of concern’

The newly appointed chair of the General Pharmaceutical Council discusses the issues facing the pharmacy regulator.…

Pharmacy regulator to anonymise fitness-to-practise investigations as safeguard against racial bias

Owing to overrepresentation of individuals from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds in fitness-to-practise cases, the General Pharmaceutical Council will redact information relating to ethnicity in case papers.…

Candidates delayed by more than half an hour in registration exam can join provisional register, says GPhC 

The regulator said candidates affected by "procedural error" during the June 2022 registration exam would be accepted for provisional registration.…

Candidates affected by registration assessment delays will be added to provisional register

Affected trainees will be on the register until February 2023 to allow them to take the next sitting of the assessment in November 2022.…

Foundation trainees struggle to take registration exam after ‘technical issues’ cause delays

The General Pharmaceutical Council said it was “extremely sorry" for the severe delays experienced by candidates in Nottingham.…

MHRA to consider evidence on transgenerational effects of sodium valproate

The regulator has asked the Commission on Human Medicines to look at data showing the transgenerational effects of sodium valproate in mice.…