Regulation

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is set to fill the “legal loophole” that currently leaves pharmacist-owned-businesses that are run from unregistered premises completely unregulated, the pharmacy regulator has said.

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has apologised after “mistakenly” referring to the title of pharmacy technician as “pharmacist technician” in a recent council paper. 

The Department of Health and Social Care (DH) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have added five ADHD medications to the list of drugs that wholesalers are prevented from exporting or hoarding. 

In the first of two articles on the medicines supply chain, Professor Liz Breen discusses some of the factors that can lead to stock shortages and their effect on prescribers and patients

Respondents to the General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC) consultation on its draft equality guidance have questioned whether it will ultimately benefit pharmacy staff and patients, or if it is just another “tick box exercise”.

The regulatory body has approved new standards for handling fitness-to-practise (FtP) cases. Lawyer Susan Hunneyball sets out what changes we can expect to see.

Auden Mckenzie and Actavis UK (now Accord-UK) increased the price of 10mg and 20mg hydrocortisone tablets by more than 10,000% for almost a decade, a CMA investigation has found.

The government published its proposed overhaul of health and care in England yesterday. Healthcare lawyer Noel Wardle picks out some of the key takeaways for community pharmacy

Nigel Clarke is to stand down as chair of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) next March, as the regulatory body seeks an “inspirational leader” to replace him.

The High Court has upheld an appeal against a GPhC fitness-to-practise (FtP) hearing which concluded that a pharmacist had made “grossly offensive”, but not antisemitic, remarks.