News & Insights
Online pharmacies – Are you compliant with GPhC Guidance?
Recent news reported regulatory action by the GPhC against pharmacies for failing to comply with guidance on remote prescribing of weight management drugs. Are you following the updated GPhC?
New GPhC guidance for registered pharmacies providing pharmacy services at a distance
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has published updated guidance for registered pharmacies providing pharmacy services at a distance.
GPhC reveals its plan to update the pharmacy inspections process
The GPhC has outlined plans to update and improve the way it inspects pharmacies due to commence in January 2025. What does this mean for you and your pharmacy?
Whistleblowing: Guidance for Healthcare Providers registered with the Care Quality Commission
Whistleblowing is one of the most serious claims an employee can bring against their employer, and can result in substantial reputational and financial damage.
GPhC’s new guidance for pharmacies providing pharmacy services at a distance
The General Pharmaceutical Council is consulting on new guidance for registered pharmacies providing pharmacy services at a distance.
Are you prepared for dealing with the CQC’s new Single Assessment Framework?
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has now implemented its new Single Assessment Framework for, including, GP surgeries. Are you ready and prepared for the changes and for CQC inspections under the new Single Assessment Framework? We look at the changes and what GP...
How our services can drive regulatory improvement for pharmacists and pharmacies
Drawing on GPhC data, we look at what the main causes of poor performance in pharmacies are and how our services can drive regulatory improvement.
Good Clinical Governance in Pharmacies
Clinical governance is the system through which pharmacists are accountable for continuously improvement and safeguarding high standards of care.
Do ethnic minority-led practices have poorer ratings?
CQC research suggests that practices led by GPs of an ethnic minority background are at particular and heightened risk of poorer regulatory outcomes.
Fitness to practise implications when a pharmacy is the subject of enforcement action
The GPhC considers it not to be in the public interest to allow the pharmacy professionals, who has potentially played a key role in the unsafe system, to continue in their practice without any restrictions.
