3k sit July GPhC exam, but IT glitch leaves up to 4 unable to finish

Almost 3,000 candidates sat the GPhC registration exam in July, but “a maximum of four” were not able to complete it due to a “system failure”, the regulator has told C+D.

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GPhC pledged to improve the exam-booking process and comms after the first online exams

The majority of the 2,915 candidates sat the exam – which was spread across July 27, 28, and 29 – at one of Pearson VUE’s test centres across the UK, while 34 candidates sat remotely using the Pearson’s OnVUE system, a General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) spokesperson told C+D today (July 30).

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