Regulation

GPhC steps out of the shadow

12 Mar 10 | 16.01 | England Scotland Wales

The General Pharmaceutical Council became a legal entity and has a constitution from today (12 March 2010), a spokeswoman for the GPhC told PJ Online more >
PJ letters (13 March 2010) (RPSGB members only)

12 Mar 10 | 7.02 | England EU International Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Letters published in the 13 March 2010 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal more >
Registered Technician March 2010

11 Mar 10 | 15.51 | England Scotland Wales

Registered Technician published in March 2010 more >
Elizabeth Lee did not contribute to patient’s death, says coroner

5 Mar 10 | 15.39 | England

The dispensing error that led to former locum pharmacist Elizabeth Lee receiving a suspended prison sentence following the death of a patient did not contribute to 72-year-old Carmel Sheller’s death, a coroner said yesterday (4 March 2010) more >
PJ letters (6 March 2010) (RPSGB members only)

5 Mar 10 | 7.01 | England EU International Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Letters published in the 6 March 2010 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal more >
Pharmacists’ views are needed for GPhC’s draft legislative rules

4 Mar 10 | 17.46 | England Scotland Wales

Christine Gray, interim head of corporate governance at the General Pharmaceutical Council, summarises the content and key changes contained within five sets of rules for the new regulatory body, and asks for pharmacists’ views to ensure they are clear, comprehensive and fair more >
CHRE audit shows fitness-to-practise case decisions reasonable

1 Mar 10 | 15.12 | England Scotland Wales

Decisions on whether disciplinary cases should be closed or referred to a final fitness-to-practise panel are reasonable in most cases and do not present a potential risk to the public, the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence has found in its first audit of the initial stages of nine health professional regulators’ fitness-to-practise procedures more >
PJ letters (27 February 2010) (RPSGB members only)

26 Feb 10 | 7.01 | England EU International Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Letters published in the 27 February 2010 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal more >
Staffordshire hospitals inquiry

25 Feb 10 | 15.23 | England

All wards at the disgraced Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust that admit elderly and acutely ill patients should have multidisciplinary meetings on a weekly basis, according to one of 18 recommendations made in an independent inquiry report, published this week by the Department of Health (24 February 2010) more >
Review submission to CHRE approved

19 Feb 10 | 15.46 | England Scotland Wales

On the recommendation of the Law and Ethics Committee, the Council has approved the submission of the Society’s draft self assessment for the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence annual performance review of the nine health regulators within its remit more >