When the new law comes into force, GPhC fitness-to-practise committees will have the power to disqualify premises from being used as a pharmacy. The scope of the GPhC’s powers will in future extend to non-pharmacy premises, which might include warehouses or premises where electronic data is stored. GPhC committees will also have the power impose an immediate suspension on the use of premises as a pharmacy, if this is considered necessary for the protection of members of the public or if it is in the public interest. In addition the inspection reports, will be published without the ratings.
Written by Jackie Peck