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GPhC position on COVID-19 rapid antibody tests

21 July 2020
Our Chief Executive and Registrar Duncan Rudkin has written to pharmacy owners and superintendent pharmacists via email to highlight our position concerning the provision and sale of COVID-19 rapid antibody tests from community pharmacies.

Contact centre update

21 July 2020
Our phone lines are closed this afternoon (21 July) and will re-open at 9.30am tomorrow (22 July)

Council meeting on 23 July

20 July 2020
The Council of the GPhC will be meeting on Thursday 23 July from 14:00 to 16:00.

GPhC publishes annual report for 2019/20

17 July 2020
Our annual report for 1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020 is now available and sets out our achievements over the past year.

Response to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review

8 July 2020
See here our response to the publication of the report from the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review

Council meeting on 9 July

7 July 2020
The Council of the GPhC will be meeting on Thursday 9 July from 10:00 to 12:00.

myGPhC unavailable 08:00 - 12:00 on Thursday 2 July

1 July 2020
Due to essential maintenance work, myGPhC will be unavailable from 8am until 12 noon on Thursday 2 July.

Revalidation requirements from September 2020

29 June 2020
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
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
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.