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Members of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) will be paid £2,500 more each per year to fulfil their duties, after voting in favour of this plan at a meeting earlier this month.
GPhC council member remuneration has remained fixed at £12,500 per annum since April 2018, making this their first pay rise since then, a GPhC spokesperson told C+D today (May 25).
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Chair of the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) Nick Kaye has said that he “definitely wouldn't be thinking about a U-turn” on collective action, amid “real anger” over a lack of April cash.
The pharmacy hypertension service specification is set to be updated to exclude patients who request “frequent measurement of their blood pressure”.
CPE is recruiting a new independent chair to “provide strategic leadership” – the position pays £50k a year and only requires a “time commitment” of 3-4 working days per calendar month.
Two pharmacists have been struck off the register in separate hearings after being convicted of supplying controlled Class C drugs for their own “financial gain”.
The pharmacy regulator has issued a warning to a pharmacist who “engaged in unsolicited services from an unknown broker” for “financial gain”.
