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Introduction to the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

The General Pharmaceutical Council replaces the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain as the regulatory body for all pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises. It is responsible for protecting, promoting and maintaining the health, safety and well-being of those using pharmaceutical services in the UK.

Governance of the General Pharmaceutical Council

The governing body of the GPhC is the Council which is made up of 14 members including the Chair. Reporting to the Council are three statutory committees which carry out the regulatory functions of investigating and deciding on registrants' fitness to practice, and conducting registration appeals.

GPhC Standards and Quality

To protect patient safety, the General Pharmaceutical Council is responsible for setting standards that ensure the safe and effective practice of pharmacy and for setting the education and training standards for pharmacy professionals.

Upholding standards by General Pharmaceutical Council

The GPhC is responsible not only for standards of practice but also for ensuring that those standards are met and for enforcing certain legislation relating to medicines, such as parts of the Medicines Act 1968.

The General Pharmaceutical Council Inspectorate

The GPhC is unique among healthcare professional regulators in having an Inspectorate (who are appointed under Article 8 of the Pharmacy Order 2010). The inspectors are divided into three regional groups: the Northern, Central and South-Eastern region, each of which is managed by a Regional Lead Inspector.

General Pharmaceutical Council Investigating Committee

The procedures that must be followed for, and the outcomes that can derive from, a referral to the Investigating Committee of the General Pharmaceutical Council

General Pharmaceutical Council Fitness to Practice Committee

The Fitness to Practise Committee makes decisions in cases where a registrant's fitness to practise may be impaired, for reasons concerning their conduct, professional performance or health and must determine whether or not the fitness to practise of the person in respect of whom the allegation is made is impaired.

General Pharmaceutical Council Appeals Committee

Article 40 of the Pharmacy Order 2010 provides that a person in respect of whom an 'appealable decision' has been made may appeal against it to the Appeals Committee by giving notice of appeal to the Registrar within 28 days of the date on which the written statement of the reasons for the decision was sent.

Interim Orders by General Pharmaceutical Council

Interim orders may be made where it is necessary for the protection of members of the public, is otherwise in the public interest or is in the interests of the registrant

Health assessments

The GPhC may need to conduct a health assessment if it receives information about a pharmacy professional's health indicating that their fitness to practise may be impaired.

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