A pharmacist has been struck off the professional register and another 126 face the same punishment for failing to submit their CPD records, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has revealed.

The regulator had removed the pharmacist from the register in July and issued another 126 with notices for failing to submit the minimum nine CPD entries since July 2012, it said in its September 2013 issue of its bimonthly publication Regulate, published on Friday (October 4).

Of the 126 registrants, 15 had not responded to the GPhC's initial letter and had therefore been issued with a notice of removal, the regulator said. Another eight who had written back to the regulator outlining why their entry should remain had been given remedial measures, including one referral to a fitness-to-practise hearing for health concerns and one request for further evidence.

It was still assessing cases where registrants had failed to meet CPD requirements up until May 2013, the GPhC added.

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	The GPhC can remove a pharmacist from the register if they fail to respond to a request to submit their CPD record for review by a particular deadline, under rules brought in 2011. Previously this could only be done through fitness-to-practise proceedings.

In total, 14,100 registrants had submitted their CPD entries during the last review period and 373 had received remedial measures for not meeting all the requirements, the GPhC said.