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Latest updates on COVID-19 (coronavirus)
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We regulate pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacies in Great Britain.  We work to assure and improve standards of care for people using pharmacy services.

Updates

myGPhC notification sent in error

3 July 2020
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We are aware that a notification about completing the final progress report has been sent in error via myGPhC to pharmacy professionals already on the register. We are working to fix this issue and remove it from your account.

Revalidation requirements from September 2020

29 June 2020
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In March, we announced that pharmacy professionals who were due to renew their registration between 20 March and 31 August 2020 would not have to submit revalidation records, because of the challenges and pressures on pharmacy professionals as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joint letter with the Competition and Markets Authority: pricing during the COVID-19 pandemic

29 June 2020
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Our Chief Executive and the Chief Executive Officer of the Competition and Markets Authority have written a joint letter to pharmacy owners and superintendent pharmacists in Great Britain.

Reviewing risk assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic

19 June 2020
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Duncan Rudkin, Chief Executive of the GPhC, said: “We are carefully considering the findings of Public Health England’s report on disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19 and the recommendations set out in the second part of that report on understanding the impact of COVID-19 on BAME groups.

Statement: testing and tracing services across Great Britain

8 June 2020
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Duncan Rudkin, Chief Executive of the GPhC, said: "New services to trace people who have been in close contact with people who have tested positive for coronavirus, and to ask them to self-isolate, are being introduced across Great Britain.