Responding to news that the NHS will allow Avastin to be prescribed for age related wet macular degeneration, RPS President Ash Soni said: “This is a landmark ruling and good news for patients […]

We are delighted to announce that Tamara Cairney and Andrew Carruthers have joined the Scottish Pharmacy Board as co-opted Board Members. Tamara is a pharmacist in a split role between the Royal Alex […]

The English Pharmacy Board has today (Thursday) written to NHS England setting outfive tests for Primary Care Networksto ensure greater joined-up working across the whole of the health and care workfo […]

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a Class 4 drug alert for Caspofungin 70mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion. Cadiasun Pharma GmBH has advised t […]

The British National Formulary (BNF) App has won the Website & App Impact award and the overall category award for best Website & App at the British Interactive Media (BIMA) Awards. The BNF A […]

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has begun recruiting for five new council members, including three registered pharmacy professionals and two ‘lay’ or non-health professional members.   The recruitment campaign is seeking candidates from all sections of the community across Great Britain who can bring a wide range of knowledge, skills and experience to the Council. […]

The GPhC has responded to the consultation issued on behalf of the four UK Health Departments on two draft Section 60 Orders to rebalance medicines legislation and pharmacy regulation. As a member of the rebalancing programme board the GPhC has contributed to this work since it began.  The response from the GPhC emphasises its support for the proposals in the consultation, which will bring parity in respect of dispensing errors for hospital pharmacy, and provide clarity about the respective roles of the superintendent and responsible pharmacist. […]

Our next council meeting takes place on Thursday 13 September 2018. Read the agenda and papers for the meeting. […]

As part of our commitment to working openly and collaboratively with the health professional regulators we have published a joint report on whistleblowing disclosures. The report provides information on all disclosures received from between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018. […]

The GPhC has written to organisations representing community pharmacy owners to ask for feedback on the steps their members have taken to implement new guid […]