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GPhC Says Eighty Two Percent of Pharmacists Have 'Excellent' CPD Score

Almost 98 per cent of pharmacists have met or exceeded the expected standards when submitting their CPD for review by the regulator, the GPhC has told C+D.

The Council said of the more than 8,000 records reviewed in the first year of the process to July 2010, 82 per cent achieved an ‘excellent’ score, and a further 16 per cent were rated as ‘good’.

‘Excellent’ ratings were given to pharmacists meeting 75 per cent or more of good practice criteria, and ‘good’ scores to those meeting 50-74 per cent.

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Extract taken from Chemist and Druggist