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November assessment results out – 62 per cent pass

The General Pharmaceutical Council said 1,174 trainee pharmacists sat the assessment on November 11 and 722 of those passed.

16 Dec 2025

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Proportion of students passing June assessment falls slightly

Last month, 2,805 candidates sat the assessment, with 2,150 passing and 655 failing.

28 Jul 2023

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GPhC: November assessment passed without ‘major issues’

The regulator said 941 candidates took the assessment in 68 test centres across the UK.

04 Nov 2022

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Beware of e-failure!

As we've seen with the assessment, it's fair to say that paper-based systems can be better than digital ones, says Peter Kelly.

15 Aug 2022

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GPhC apologises again for June exam issues as 80 per cent pass

The regulator said 2,147 out of 2,697 candidates who sat last month’s assessment passed the exam.

29 Jul 2022

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GPhC hammered over exam delay chaos

The regulator has been severely criticised and again accused of putting students through unnecessary stress and anxiety.

30 Jun 2022

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82 per cent pass rate for July's GPhC registration assessment

Of the 2,189 candidates attempting the exam for the first time, the pass rate was 83 per cent

09 Sep 2021

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Interview: Duncan Rudkin

Duncan Rudkin says the GPhC took the best decisions possible on March’s assessment with the information it had at the time.

07 May 2021

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GPhC's pandemic response to be reviewed this year

The Professional Standards Authority is unlikely to publish a report into the GPhC's performance "before late in the year".

21 Apr 2021

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GPhC holding internal review on controversial exam

GPhC chief Duncan Rudkin says an internal review of what went wrong leading up to the March exam is under way.

15 Apr 2021

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Number of student calls to charity down on previous years

Pharmacist Support says the number of calls it has received from students about March's assessment is down on previous years.

07 Apr 2021

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March exam 'should not count as one of three attempts'

The PDA has urged the GPhC not to count the assessment this month as one of students' three attempts to pass.

 

02 Mar 2021

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GPhC under mounting pressure over exam booking chaos

The GPhC is coming under increasing pressure to ensure trainees can sit the assessment next month.

26 Feb 2021

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Number of pre-regs to GP practices through split scheme rises

A split pre-reg scheme has increased the number of trainees to surgeries this year.

18 Nov 2020

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98% pass rate in Northern Ireland pre-reg exam

Ninety-eight per cent of this year’s intake of pre-registration pharmacists in Northern Ireland passed the August 11 registration exam. 

08 Sep 2020

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IFPP now open to provisionally registered pharmacists

Registration closes on 10 January 2021, and there is no fee or cost to access the programme

18 Aug 2020

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