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The latest edition of our registrant magazine - Regulate
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is launching a recruitment campaign for a Chair and five other Council members.
There are only two weeks left to apply for the Summer assessment
As well as calling our Customer Contact Centre you can also email us at info@pharmacyregulation.org
The Spring Pre-registration bulletin sets out useful information for pre-registration trainee pharmacists, particularly those who intend to sit the registration assessment in 2013. It also contains useful information for pre registration tutors.
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is seeking new legal powers to use directed surveillance and covert human intelligence sources during investigations into serious concerns about registered pharmacies or pharmacy professionals.
Claire Bryce-Smith has been appointed as the Director of Inspection and Fitness to Practise at the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). The appointment follows an open recruitment process which attracted a strong field of candidates.
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has identified the main issues for pharmacy regulation emerging from the Francis Report and agreed the actions that the organisation needs to consider in response, in order to further safeguard patients and the public.
We are dealing with complaints about registrants fairly, promptly and effectively, the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has found following a review of our fitness to practise process.
At a meeting in March on our new approach to regulation and inspection, we encouraged key stakeholders to think about how high the bar should be set when we inspect registered pharmacies under the new model.