Pharmacy Regulation 1 (GPhC) (05/03/19)

Question 1

Who covers the professional body?

Answer 1

Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Question 2

Who are the regulatory body for pharmacist?

Answer 2

General Pharmaceutical Council

Question 3

What does the General Pharmaceutical Council regulate?

Answer 3

ONLY IN GREAT BRITAIN for:

• Pharmacist
• Pharmacy techs
• Pharmacy premises

Question 4

What is the duty of the GPhC?

Answer 4

Protect, promote and maintain health, safety and well being of public. In particular, services of registrants or services provided at a registered pharmacy

Question 5

GPhC principal functions:

Answer 5

a) establish and maintain REGISTER OF PHARMACIST, TECHS, AND PREMISES
b) set and promote STANDARDS FOR THE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PRACTICE of pharmacy at REGISTERED PHARMACIES
c) set REQUIREMENTS by which individuals fitness to practice is not impaired
d) promote SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY
e) set STANDARDS in respect to EDUCATION, TRAINING, ACQUISITION OF EXPERIENCE AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
f) to ensure CONTINUED FITNESS TO PRACTICE

Question 6

How many members are in GPhC council?

Answer 6

14 (at least 1 from each country in Great Britain)

Appointed by Appointments Committee (not elected)

Question 7

How many GPhC Registers are there and what are they?

Answer 7

5

Part 1: PHARMACIST
Part 2: PHARM TECHS
Part 3: PREMISES
Part 4: Pharmacist who are visiting practitioners
Part 5: Pharm techs who are visiting practitioners

Question 8

True or false: only those registered with the GPhC can call themselves a Pharmacist or Pharmacy Tech.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

What does ‘Appropriately Qualified’ Pharmacist mean?

Answer 9

UK recognized pharmacist qualification:
- UK MPharm (+pre reg year in England, Scotland or Wales + GPhC exam) (+pre-reg year in Northern Ireland)

EEA national with EEA pharmacist qualification

Overseas pharmacist or non-EEA national with EEA pharmacy qualification (must do OSPAPS course in this case)

Question 10

How long does registration last?

Answer 10

1 year (must renew every year!)

Question 11

When can GPhC remove a register?

Answer 11

May remove if:

• concern over FITNESS TO PRACTICE
• registrant NOT INFORMED of problem before applying

Question 12

What is indemnity?

Answer 12

Where one party is responsible for the other party. Registrant MUST have appropriate indemnity insurance.

Question 13

True or false: Pharmacy may post EU sticker on their sites/premise in the UK?

Answer 13

FALSE, they MUST!!!

Question 14

GPhC is the regulator for which of the following: Pharmacist, Pharm techs, Pharm dispensers, Pharmacy premises?

Answer 14

Pharmacist, pharm techs, premises

Question 15

GPhC regulates pharmacist in?

Answer 15

England, Scotland, Wales

Question 16

What is meant by pharmacist is a ‘protected title’?

Answer 16

Only those registered with GPhC can call themselves Pharmacist

Question 17

Is pharm tech also a protected title?

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

The GPhC protects interest of what?

Answer 18

Patients

Question 19

The RPS protects interest of what?

Answer 19

Pharmacist