Regulation
Pharmacy technician warned after class A drugs and racial assault
A pharmacy technician has been slapped with a warning by the regulator after a “racially aggravated assault” and admitting to using “class A illegal drugs”, it has revealed.
PDA slams 'disingenuous' RPS as P-med self-selection row rages on
The pharmacists’ trade union has called on members to share their views on P-med self-selection citing “several concerns” with the royal society’s discussion on the controversial topic.
MHRA approves weight loss jab Wegovy to ‘prevent’ heart problems in UK ‘first’
The medicines regulator has approved the use of semaglutide injections to “reduce the risk” of “serious heart problems” in overweight adults.
‘Incredible waste of talent’: PDA slams GPhC for ‘failing’ black students
The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has said that the regulator has “failed” black students in its response to a GPhC pharmacy education consultation.
GPhC to hold ‘confidential’ discussions on racism, registration and FtP suicides
The pharmacy regulator has revealed it will discuss items normally debated in public, as well as reports of deaths by suicide while under fitness-to-practise investigation by another regulator, in a confidential session at its upcoming council meeting.
GPhC ‘looking at’ sexual misconduct process after C+D exposé
The regulator has said it will examine how it handles fitness-to-practise (FtP) sexual misconduct cases and initial allegations following a C+D investigation.
Pharmacist suspended for WhatsApp remote supervision while ‘in lavatory’
An “inexperienced” pharmacist has been suspended for “running [a] pharmacy using Whatsapp” and allowing drugs to be dispensed without a pharmacist on site, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has revealed.
RPS launches call for evidence on P-med self-selection amid controversy
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has announced a call for evidence on the self-selection of Pharmacy medicines (P-meds) to help it “consider” its position on the matter.
‘Limitless’ online drug availability puts lives ‘at risk’, coroner warns after death
A coroner has demanded tighter regulation after an "elite" army veteran overdosed on drugs he bought through an “online company”.
Novo Nordisk rapped by advertising regulator after £7.8m irregular payments
The pharmaceutical giant admitted failing to disclose the payments from 2020-2022 which had been “incorrectly categorised in finance systems as a result of human error”.
Four ‘pending’ prosecutions in NI over illicit weight loss drugs
Northern Ireland health minister Mike Nesbitt has revealed that the country has successfully prosecuted one person, with four more “pending”, on charges related to weight loss drug supply.
‘A serious breach’: Pharmacist warned over sexual relationship with patient
The regulator has warned a pharmacist to maintain “boundaries” after she entered a relationship with a patient.
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