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The following determination (outcome) has been handed down by the General Pharmaceutical Council’s Fitness to Practise Committee this week.
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is to make a number of improvements to the way it governs its fitness to practise proceedings, its statutory committees, the advisers to those committees and the evidence of identity required during the registration process. The GPhC’s Council approved these changes at its meeting yesterday (15 November) after considering the outcomes of a consultation that was held earlier this year.
MSPs were able to find out more about how over 170,000 registered health and social care professionals in Scotland are regulated, and how this protects patients and the public, at an event held in the Scottish Parliament on 14 November.
We have laid out our Strategic plan for 2013-2016 to both Westminster and Scottish parliaments.
Today (31 October) is the deadline for registration renewals for three quarters of the pharmacists and pharmacy technicians on the register in Great Britain.
The results from the first analysis of all pharmacy technicians in Great Britain have been published today (26 October) by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is pleased to announce the names of the 234 pre-registration trainee pharmacists who passed their registration assessment in September. A 58.2 per cent pass rate of the 402 candidates who sat the assessment in total.
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The October deadline to renew registration is approaching for three quarters of the pharmacists and pharmacy technicians on the register in Great Britain.
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has signed the ‘speaking up’ charter, drawn up by the NHS Employers organisation, to play its part in helping to create a just culture where individuals are supported in raising concerns about standards of care.