GPhC, NHS England and Community Pharmacy England webinar for new pharmacy owners
Tuesday 31 October 2023, 19:00-20:00
We hosted a joint webinar with NHS England and Community Pharmacy England for new pharmacy owners. Presentations included a brief overview of what role each organisation plays and what input new pharmacy owners can expect. Whilst being targeted to new pharmacy owners, this webinar was open to anybody who felt they might have an interest.
The Pharmacy Show
Sunday 15 and Monday 16 October 2023, NEC Birmingham
We had an exhibition stand throughout the show and also hosted drop-in sessions with our Chair and Chief Executive.
Regional roundtables event, Birmingham
Sunday 15 October 2023
We want to listen to our stakeholders, and to hear about the issues and topics that matter most to you. Our regional roundtables events bring together a broad range of stakeholders, enabling us all to draw out new perspectives on key topics. These events offer an opportunity for you to meet new colleagues across the sector, as well as some of our Council members and GPhC colleagues.
We will be hosting further regional events across Great Britain in 2023/24.
Racism in Pharmacy Follow Up Roundtable: “Accountability Counts”
Tuesday 10 October 2023, 11:00-12:30, virtual
Last year, we hosted a wide-ranging discussion about how racism manifests and affects pharmacy professionals and how this can have a resulting impact on patient care. In this further session, and as part of our follow-up commitments, we focused on accountability and Fitness to Practise, specifically how regulators can tackle over-representation of certain groups in regulatory processes and learn from others about how they have approached this.
This new series of equality focused roundtables and events is designed to shape our regulatory work, informed by the experiences of our stakeholders. This links directly to the commitments in our strategy to help tackle the different types of discrimination within pharmacy and to support an open and inclusive culture where pharmacy teams are empowered to meet their professional and legal obligations.
Webinar on fitness to practise and professionalism for pharmacy technicians
Tuesday 26 September, 19:00-20:00, virtual
We hosted this joint webinar with Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK). The webinar explains the GPhC’s approach to managing concerns and what fitness to practise is all about, as well as the importance of professionalism.
Watch the recording of this event
How we manage concerns: Pharmacy Technicians - webinar transcript [PDF 152 KB]
Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK Annual Conference
Friday 22 – Saturday 23 September 2023, Bristol
Duncan Rudkin, our Chief Executive, gave a keynote address on 'Pharmacy technician regulation: An evolving profession in a changing healthcare landscape’. We also had an exhibition stand at this conference.
South West Chief Pharmacists Annual Conference
Wednesday 20 September 2023, Exeter
Duncan Rudkin, our Chief Executive, spoke on 'Regulating the changing role of pharmacy' at this conference.
Language barriers and health inequalities roundtable
Monday 18 September, 15:00-16:30, virtual
We’ve recently started to host a series of equality focussed roundtables and events, to help shape our regulatory work, informed by the experiences our stakeholders. This links directly to the commitments in Delivering equality, improving diversity and fostering inclusion: Our strategy for change 2021-26 to help tackle the different types of discrimination within pharmacy and to support an open and inclusive culture where pharmacy teams are empowered to meet their professional and legal obligations.
Guest speakers at this event were:
- Rebecca Curtayne, Public Affairs Lead, Healthwatch England who spoke on Lost for Words – Healthwatch Evidence on how language barriers contributes to health inequalities
- Jay Patel, Regional Facilitator, Early Career Pharmacist Practice Team, School of Pharmacy & Medicines Optimisation (NW), NHS England, who shared research into the experience of pharmacy professionals across sectors, when they encounter language barriers with patients
The discussion covered experiences of language barriers; how language barriers impacts on patients and on pharmacy professionals and how this can have a resulting impact on patient care; and identify any further actions that regulators, employers, professional bodies, trade bodies and education and training providers and others can take to help make sure that we take a co-ordinated approach to this important issue.
Regional roundtables event, Wrexham
Tuesday 4 July 2023, 18:30-21:00
We want to listen to our stakeholders, and to hear about the issues and topics that matter most to you. Our regional roundtables events bring together a broad range of stakeholders, enabling us all to draw out new perspectives on key topics. These events offer an opportunity for you to meet new colleagues across the sector, as well as some of our Council members and GPhC colleagues.
We will be hosting further regional events across Great Britain in 2023/24.
Clinical Pharmacy Congress
Friday 12 - Saturday 13 May 2023, ExCel London
Duncan Rudkin, our Chief Executive, spoke on 'Strengthening pharmacy governance' and also on 'Regulating the changing role of pharmacy'. We also had an exhibition stand at this event.
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) - Impact of Pharmacy Workforce Wellbeing on Patient Safety Roundtable
Wednesday 17 May 2023
Claire Bryce-Smith, our Director for Insight, Intelligence and Inspection, spoke on role of the regulator in well-being and patient safety at this event.
Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies members’ event
Thursday 20 April 2023, Birmingham
Duncan Rudkin, our Chief Executive, presented a GPhC update, including workforce, inspections, strengthening pharmacy governance and GPhC priorities for 2023/24
RPS Building Confidence – key to achieving Gender Equality in Pharmacy
Wednesday 19 April 2023, Virtual
Gisela Abbam, our Chair, spoke at this conference on achieving gender equality in pharmacy.
British Pharmaceutical Students Association Annual Conference
Wednesday 12 April 2023, Portsmouth
We had a stand at this annual conference for students.
Next steps for pharmacy in healthcare delivery, and developing the role of community pharmacy in England
Tuesday 28 March 2023, Virtual
Gisela Abbam, our Chair, spoke on 'Priorities for the evolving role of pharmacists within the health service' at this Westminster Health Forum event.
Regional roundtables event, London
Tuesday 14 March 2023, 18:30-21:00, RPS London
We want to listen to our stakeholders, and to hear about the issues and topics that matter most to you. Our regional roundtables events bring together a broad range of stakeholders, enabling us all to draw out new perspectives on key topics. These events offer an opportunity for you to meet new colleagues across the sector, as well as some of our Council members and GPhC colleagues.
We will be hosting further regional events across Great Britain in 2023/24.
Read about what we have been hearing through our engagement events
Sigma UK Community Pharmacy Conference 2023
Monday 6 March 2023, Virtual
Claire Bryce-Smith, Director of Intelligence, Insight and Inspection, spoke on changes and challenges in the pharmacy regulatory environment for UK community pharmacy professionals and pharmacies.