GPhC

LloydsPharmacy apologises for the “distress” experienced by a woman refused emergency hormonal contraception.

Regulators join forces to promote benefits of reflective practice to patients and the public.

My mobile phone network knows that unless it keeps me happy I can easily (well, quite easily) move to another network. The same cannot be said about PMR systems. It is very difficult to move to another supplier – particularly when the big companies provide pretty much the same offering in terms of price, service and technology. I just don’t get any sense that they view pharmacies as customers, and they seem to have little interest in the way that our businesses are changing. Unless we can find a way to change this dynamic, the gap between what our technology can do, and what we want it to do, will grow and grow. This could potentially be crippling to pharmacy businesses in an age when customers are increasingly chasing digital by default and struggle to engage with analog pharmacy systems.

The GPhC reported a deficit of £941,000 in the year ending March 2019.

Less than 1% of the first revalidation submissions resulted in removal from the GPhC's registers.

A heated debate about fees and a major consultation on pharmacist education have grabbed the headlines in a busy period for pharmacy’s regulator. Interview by Richard Thomas

The employer-led ‘trailblazer group’ behind apprenticeship proposals is to consider the responses to its consultation before deciding whether to proceed

Carrying out patient ID checks and liaising with GPs are among the safeguarding measures required of online pharmacies under new guidance

Proposals to allow pharmacists to qualify via a five-year apprenticeship scheme have sparked controversy as the profession seeks clarity

The PDA is seeing the first UK cases of patients bringing claims against pharmacists over vaccination administration

Enforcement options range from improvement action plans to statutory enforcement powers eg. improvement notices

“Serious and realistic concern” over how the five-year MPharm degrees proposed by the GPhC are to be funded

Five new members of the GPhC council are to begin their terms on April 1 after a raft of new appointments

A majority of respondents disagreed with the GphC’s proposals but it said the fee increase was necessary

The PDA's report on the UK pharmacy technician workforce has been published in full

PM asked the GPhC to comment on whether staffing levels could be contributing to a spike in FTP concerns

Pharmacy bodies have collaborated on a learning resource on the events at Gosport, which saw at least 450 patients die

The PDA says the regulator should first review costs such as premises and council member remuneration

Could pharmacist training change to an integrated model that incorporates 52 weeks of “learning in practice”?

The GPhC is proposing wide-ranging changes to the education and training pharmacists receive