The General Pharmaceutical Council is still failing to hit its performance standards when it comes to dealing with fitness to practice concerns.

The GPhC is seeking permanent legal powers that will allow it to hold remote fitness to practise hearings and to make certain hearings private.

A pharmacist accused of making anti-Semitic comments has received a warning from the regulator for bringing “disgrace upon the profession”.

The GPhC says it plans to understand and tackle the overrepresentation of BAME individuals in fitness to practise concerns.

The GPhC is still taking too long to conclude fitness to practise (FtP) cases, the Professional Standards Authority says in its annual report.

The GPhC saw a 40 per cent increase in concerns being raised around pharmacist and pharmacy technicians in April compared to the previous month.

The General Pharmaceutical Council is seeing a “significant rise” in FtP concerns being raised against registrants.

The GPhC is taking steps to improve its handling of FtP cases after a number of concerns were identified. 

The GPhC received 16 whistleblowing disclosures between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019, a report reveals.

The GPhC dealt with more Fitness to Practise concerns in 2018-19, though fewer individuals were removed from the register.

PM asked the GPhC to comment on whether staffing levels could be contributing to a spike in FTP concerns.

A pharmacist employed by the NPA had engaged in an act of sexual impropriety and then failed to disclose his police caution