CQC proposes law change to close online prescribing loopholes linked to patient deaths The Care Quality Commission said its proposed legislative changes would improve its ability to regulate independent care providers that are currently “putting people’s lives at risk”.…
GPhC figures show 90% pass rate for provisionally registered pharmacists in registration exam Data published by the pharmacy regulator show 90.4% of provisionally registered pharmacists have passed the March 2021 assessment.…
Pharmacists who fail their registration assessment will be offered alternative jobs or time off, employer says Exclusive: Multiple offers support to provisionally registered pharmacists who will have to stop practising if they do not pass their assessment.…
Almost 400 candidates withdrew from March 2021 registration assessment Exclusive: More than twice as many candidates withdrew from the exam, compared with the most recent summer sitting.…
MPharm student intake increases by more than 10% for second year running Exclusive: Data show that 4,148 new students began their first year of an MPharm degree in 2020–2021, compared with 3,743 in 2019–2020.…
Pharmacy regulator’s fitness to practise decision in ‘antisemitism’ case referred to the High Court The Professional Standards Authority is seeking to overturn a decision made by the General Pharmaceutical Council fitness to practise committee to issue a warning to a pharmacist who made "offensive" remarks at an Al Quds Day rally.…
Around 50 registration assessment candidates will sit test remotely in Great Britain The regulator said that 109 candidates have arranged to sit the March 2021 assessments remotely, in Britain or overseas.…
Almost 3,000 candidates to sit March 2021 registration assessment The General Pharmaceutical Council has said that the “vast majority” of candidates in Great Britain will be able to sit the assessment within 50 miles of their home address.…
Overseas candidates will be allowed to sit registration assessment remotely, regulator says The General Pharmaceutical Council has said most candidates living in countries with a two-hour or more time difference from the UK will be able to apply to sit the registration assessment at home.…
Regulator looking at ‘flexibility’ that would allow overseas candidates to sit registration assessment The General Pharmaceutical Council has said it is “doing all we possibly can” to see if there is any flexibility for overseas candidates to sit the March 2021 registration assessment in their home countries.…
