The pharmacy regulator has said that “there is an excess of places” for trainees – as long as placement providers can “actually make good and deliver on the new requirements” for DPPs. 

NHSE chief pharmacist David Webb has announced a big boost to funded training places for pharmacy technicians in community pharmacies at the APTUK annual conference.

The union has raised concerns about a report’s “suggestion” to include designated prescribing practitioner (DPP) responsibilities in pharmacists’ job descriptions. 

The pharmacy regulator is “seeking experienced providers” to fulfill a four-year-long, multi-million-pound registration examination contract. 

Ten pharmacists have been removed from the register by the PSNI over "non-compliance" with CPD rules, it has announced.

The Pharmacy Schools Council have called for academic pharmacy to be “more attractive” so it can deal with an increase of 1500 pharmacy students by 2031.

The RPS and the NPA have joined forces to call for action over the designated prescribing practitioners (DPP) shortage, identifying pressure points including competition for DPPs between students, continuity with mentors, and consistency across placements.

The University of Nottingham’s Professor Barrie Kellam has been elected as chair of the Pharmacy Schools Council (PhSC), it has announced.

Applications are “now open” for pharmacy technicians hoping to scoop up the first ten out of 80 new funded training placements, the negotiator has announced.  

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has revised its plans for the registration of internationally trained pharmacists to move to a single one-year process, it has revealed.

Pharmacy companies are asking individual IP trainees to source their own designated prescribing practitioners (DPPs) at great expense, C+D has learned.  

The pharmacy regulators have revealed that a quarter of candidates did not pass this summers’ registration exam.