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Trainee pharmacists have asked for a review of the recent June registration assessment, described by some as ‘highly problematic’.
More than 800 people have added their support to an online petition calling for a review of the General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC’s) recently held June registration assessment, claiming that the level of difficulty was “highly problematic and unjust”.
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The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced that it is advising its 6,000 member pharmacies to limit services and reduce opening hours in protest against “unsustainable” funding.
Due to shortages in coal tar scalp ointment, the DHSC has asked the manufacturer of an equivalent product - Sebco - to provide increased stock levels to support patients during this time.
Pharmacies in Scotland have been asked to ensure they have the “appropriate stock” of naloxone – a medicine used to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose – following an “increase in sudden collapse” due to overdoses.
All of the places on a new pharmacy technician apprenticeship programme have already been filled on the day it launched, organisers have revealed.
A postgraduate pharmacy student has been removed from the register after she “falsified” documents during her studies, “invented reasons for absences” and made “widespread clinical failures” during her time of employment.
