The General Pharmaceutical Council has appointed Francesca Okosi as its new Director of Organisational Development and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.   Reporting to Duncan Rudkin, chief executive of the GPhC, Francesca will join the GPhC on 5 June 2017.

Our Customer Contact Centre will be closing at 4pm instead of 5pm on Friday 28 April, and will also be closed on 1 May for the May Bank Holiday. 

Please call us on 020 3713 8000 before 4pm on Friday if you need to speak to a member of the team before the Bank Holiday weekend.

We have launched a consultation on proposals to introduce revalidation for pharmacy professionals. This is an important change to what pharmacists and pharmacy technicians must do each year to show that the trust in pharmacy professionals is well placed.

The proposals have been developed through three years of research and development done in collaboration with pharmacy professionals and involving members of the public. A pilot, which was independently evaluated, on the proposed changes was run in 2016 with over 1300 volunteers. 

The High Court has today handed down its judgment in relation to the PDA’s application for judicial review of the new standards for pharmacy professionals. The PDA’s application for permission to seek a judicial review in relation to the standards was refused.

In today’s judgment, the Honourable Mr Justice Singh affirms a number of important principles, including that pharmacy professionals should be expected to meet the standards at all times.