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Our contact centre will be operating under amended hours over the holiday period. During the hours that we are closed, please email your enquiry to info@pharmacyregulation.org.
The contact centre will be closed from 1.00pm on Thursday 14 December for training purposes. Lines will re-open at 9:30 on Friday 15 December. During this time please email any enquiries to info@pharmacyregulation.org.
A total of 1,067 candidates sat the registration assessment on 2 November, with 700 candidates passing the assessment: an overall pass rate of 66%
The Council of the GPhC will be meeting on Thursday 7 December.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have issued a Valproate National Patient Safety Alert in advance of new regulatory measure being introduced from January 2024.
The contact centre will be closed from 11:15am on Thursday 16 November for training purposes. Lines will re-open at 2:15pm on the same day.
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has agreed to increase fees by 7.5% from April 2024
The Council of the GPhC will be meeting on Thursday 9 November. Please contact our Council secretary by 4pm on Wednesday 8 November 2023, if you would like to attend the meeting. 
We are very sorry for the technical issues registrants have been experiencing with My GPhC. We are working to resolve any outstanding problems as quickly as possible. We will provide a further update on the situation tomorrow. In the meantime, we have extended the deadline for those due to submit their renewal or revalidation by 31 October 2023 to 11.59pm on Tuesday 7 November 2023.
myGPhC is currently up and running, but you may experience delays. We are still monitoring the situation and trying to fix the issue as a priority. We apologise for the inconvenience caused and will continue to provide updates.