We’re the regulator for pharmacies, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in Great Britain. Our role is to protect everyone who uses pharmacy services.
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All pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises who are currently licensed to practise in Great Britain must renew their registration with us annually. You can check their details and registration status by using the search facility below.
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We maintain comprehensive, fully up-to-date registers of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacies and training premises. Use the tool on the right hand side to check through current registration details with us.
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Industry-wide collaboration needed to improve homecare medicines services says GPhC
A report on homecare medicines services by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has found that further work is needed to ensure patients always receive their medicines from homecare services when they need them. It comes after a House of Lords...
Contact centre to be closed during Easter bank holiday weekend
Our contact centre will be closed from Friday 18 April to Monday 21 April for the Easter bank holiday period. We will reopen at 9.30am Tuesday 22 April.
Contact centre to be closed on Tuesday 15 April
The contact centre will be closed in the morning on Tuesday 15 April for staff training, and will open at 11am.
GPhC joins forces with other regulators over advertising of weight management medicines
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has issued a joint Enforcement Notice making clear that adverts for named prescription-only medicines (POMs) for weight-management are prohibited. The GPhC, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the...
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Patients and the public
Report a concern
Our role is to protect patients and the public and give them assurance that they will receive safe and effective care when using pharmacy services.
One of the ways we do that is by investigating concerns about individual pharmacists and pharmacy technicians where there may be a risk to patient safety or the public confidence in pharmacy could be affected. We also look into concerns about pharmacies.