The GPhC has published a report that looks at the quality of the education and training of pharmacy technician in England, Scotland and Wales. The report produced by the Centre for Pharmacy Workforce Issues at the University of Manchester, represents the first comprehensive study into the quality of pharmacy technician education and training since it became a fully regulated profession in 2010.
The GPhC has today published an important update paper, Modernising Pharmacy Regulation: from prototype to implementation, which provides an update on our new model for regulation of pharmacies including our prototype inspection model.
The GPhC has launched a consultation on its draft hearings and sanctions guidance. This guidance includes information on fitness to practise (FtP) proceedings for anybody who is interested or involved in a hearing. It also includes guidance for committee members on what issues or factors they must consider before deciding what sanction to apply.
The GPhC has welcomed a consultation by the Department of Health on two important proposals that will enable it to put on a statutory footing the publication of our inspection reports and move forwards on implementing a new way of regulating registered pharmacies.
We have been working hard to improve the way in which we manage registrant information. Unfortunately, while this work is ongoing some of our services will be unavailable for a short time in the next few weeks.
Following the publication of the Government’s response to the Law Commissions’ report on the Regulation of Health Care Professionals, Duncan Rudkin, Chief Executive of the GPhC, said:
“We broadly welcome the detailed response from the government to the proposals set out by the Law Commissions in the report and draft Bill which were published in April 2014."
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has published a report which provides further analysis of those trainees who reported having been dissatisfied with their pre-registration training experience as part of a 2013 survey they took part in.
According to a GPhC report on the public perceptions of pharmacy in England, Scotland and Wales, the vast majority of people trust health advice from a pharmacist. The report is based on a survey of members of the general public in Great Britain carried out by Ipsos MORI last autumn.
The GPhC is taking forward the changes agreed by the independent board of assessors to the 2016 registration assessment for pharmacists in order to fully reflect the significant changes that have taken place in the profession since it was first introduced in 1993.
