General Regulation
0The pharmacy minister has revealed government plans to implement hub-and-spoke legislation this year.
0NICE has opened a consultation on the possible mass rollout of tirzepatide to millions of people in England over the next decade.
0PDA chair Mark Koziol has encouraged pharmacists to contribute to a doctor group’s legal war chest as they challenge their regulator on scope creep from MAPs.
0The new government is “not in a position” to implement promised intercompany hub-and-spoke changes in January, the pharmacy negotiator has announced.
0The time taken by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) to resolve FtP cases “deteriorated” in 2023/24, the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has found in its performance review of the regulator.
0Some seven pharmacists have been removed from the Northern Irish pharmacy register at once, it has revealed.
0Northern Ireland’s pharmacy regulator has been “unable” to hire a new chief executive, it has revealed.
0“Not following” the pharmacy regulator’s proposed new guidance on weight loss drugs and online pharmacy prescribing could result in fitness-to-practise (FtP) investigations into “all the pharmacy professionals involved”, it has warned.
0Amardip Virdi bought the “entire stock” of Ozempic at a pharmacy where he was working during a national shortage to supply it to private weight loss customers, the GPhC’s investigating committee has found.
0The Court of Appeal has reinstated mammoth fines imposed against manufacturers that had been set aside on procedural grounds earlier this year.