Regula+e - General Pharmaceutical Council

Registered pharmacies
In Scotland
In Wales
At the first of our consultation events
in Wales, members of Community
Health Boards from across Wales came
to explore what the consultation
proposals might mean for the patients
they represent. The GPhC’s Council
member for Wales, Lesley Morgan MBE,
introduced the event.
Professor Roger Walker, the Chief
Pharmaceutical Officer for Wales, and
leaders from Scotland’s professional and
representative bodies for pharmacy, had
the opportunity to ask questions of a
panel of GPhC staff, including Director
for Wales, Darren Hughes.
Many of the questions scrutinised how
the proposals would fit with increasingly
diverging healthcare delivery structures
in Wales.
Representatives from pharmacy
professional and industry bodies, the
NHS and patient organisations came
together at the first of our consultation
events in Scotland. Attendees travelled
from as far as Shetland and Inverness to
attend the event and share their views.
The GPhC’s Council member for
Scotland, Gordon Dykes, introduced
the event.
The question and answer session with
GPhC staff focused on how the new
standards could work with pharmacy
care and services in Scotland. Panellists
included our Director for Scotland,
Lynsey Cleland.
Top: Alex MacKinnon, Royal Pharmaceutical
Society, Dr James Johnson, Strathclyde Institute
of Pharmacy, and Dr Jean Turner, Scottish
Patients Association
Bottom: Dr Hamish Wilson and Duncan Rudkin,
the GPhC’s Chief Executive, with Professor
Bill Scott, and Lynsey Cleland, the GPhC’s
Director for Scotland
Paul Worthington, from Cwn Taf
Community Health Council, talked
about the inspections carried out by
Community Health Councils and asked
whether and how the GPhC and
Community Health Councils could
coordinate their inspections to make
sure they did not overlap.
Mair Davis, Chairman of the Welsh
Pharmacy Board of the RPS, asked
how the GPhC would ensure there was
consistency in how inspectors interpreted
the outcomes-focused standards.
Top: Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for Wales,
Professor Roger Walker
Bottom: Catherine O’Brien from WCPPE with
Darren Hughes, the GPhC’s Director for Wales
Dr Hamish Wilson, who is leading the
national review of NHS Pharmaceutical
Care of Patients in the Community, said
that while he thought the proposals
fitted well with what was happening
in Scotland, the final version could do
even more to reflect the different
perspectives in pharmacy across
Scotland, England and Wales.
A key theme that emerged was how
to achieve the best outcomes for
patients using pharmacy services in
Scotland. Professor Bill Scott, the Chief
Pharmaceutical Officer for Scotland,
asked how the GPhC had worked with
patients and the public in developing
the proposals.
Dr Jean Turner, from the Scottish
Patients Association, asked if the
standards have a role to play in
encouraging pharmacists to keep good
records, which could be useful,
especially when treating patients with
complex conditions.
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