Education providers

Mandatory multi-sector training shelved over ‘current pressures’

NHS England (NHSE) has decided that mandatory rotations for pharmacy trainees “will be delayed” until the 2027/28 cohort.

BREAKING: November registration exam pass rate plummets to 58%

The proportion of students who passed this autumn’s registration exam has fallen almost 10 percentage points compared to last year, pharmacy regulators have revealed.

GPhC greenlights controversial education and inspection reforms

The pharmacy regulator has revealed that it will go forward with some changes to pharmacy education quality checks, despite “long-standing concerns” raised during its consultation.

‘Our daughter would still be alive’: Campaign launched over MPharm suicide after wrong exam results

The mother of a pharmacy student who died by suicide after her university wrongly told her that she had failed her second year is campaigning for universities to have a statutory duty of care to prevent more student deaths.

Funded community pharmacy technician apprenticeship ‘oversubscribed’

The newly announced community pharmacy technician apprenticeship scheme is “oversubscribed”, NHS England (NHSE) has revealed.

Aston University upgrades with new £3.3m pharmacy labs

Aston University has revealed its new £3.3m pharmacy training laboratory.

DPP shortage: ‘Excess’ pharmacy trainee places ‘on the face of it’, says GPhC chief

The pharmacy regulator has said that “there is an excess of places” for trainees – as long as placement providers can “actually make good and deliver on the new requirements” for DPPs. 

Concerns over lack of pharmacy academics to teach influx of students

The Pharmacy Schools Council have called for academic pharmacy to be “more attractive” so it can deal with an increase of 1500 pharmacy students by 2031.

Pharmacy Schools Council names new chair for 'time of flux'

The University of Nottingham’s Professor Barrie Kellam has been elected as chair of the Pharmacy Schools Council (PhSC), it has announced.

Bangor University set to offer ‘exciting’ new MPharm degree

The Welsh university has announced plans to offer an “exciting and relevant” MPharm degree from 2025, with opportunities to practise in the Welsh language.