Insights and Guidance

This Autumn brings scrutiny of two big beasts of pharmacy regulation; Supervision and Hub and Spoke dispensing. The Human Medicines (Authorisation by Pharmacists and Supervision by Pharmacy...

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has released an updated version of its guidance for online pharmacies. This 2025 revision brings greater clarity to the standards pharmacies must meet,...

These were the words of the representative from the DHSC who came to talk about the government’s response to the hub and spoke consultation at the Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association event on 14...

The beginning of 2024 has seen some fundamental changes in the services that pharmacies provide and who provides them. There have been three big headlines: 1 – The introduction of the Pharmacy...

Ian Trenholm’s blog post, which was published on Tuesday 26 March 2024, could be easily missed in the excitement of the run up to the Easter weekend but it contains some essential updates for...

Susan Hunneyball recently wrote an article for Chemist + Druggist surrounding the Fitness-to-practise (FtP) delay statistics recently shared by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and their...

In February 2023, the GDC announced that it is making reforms to how it manages fitness to practise matters. One of the reforms that the GDC will be undertaking is to close any open cases that...

Susan Hunneyball was recently featured in Chemist + Druggist. In this her latest article, she discussed proposals to overhaul the GPhC that include changes to the fitness-to-practise (FtP)...

Determining when a medical practitioner’s practise is covered by practising privilege is essential to avoid committing a criminal offence under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. Failing to...

Susan Hunneyball was recently featured in Chemist + Druggist. In this her latest article, she discussed what the law says if a pharmacist refuses to make a supply that contradicts their personal...