Revalidation requirements from September 2020
Written by admin on Friday 3rd July 2020
GPhC announce what you will need to submit for revalidation when you renew your registration later this year. Read on for details of the updated requirements...
In March, GPhC announced that pharmacy professionals who were due to renew their registration between 20 March and 31 August 2020 would not have to submit revalidation records, because of the challenges and pressures on pharmacy professionals as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
GPhC have been reviewing revalidation requirements for pharmacy professionals who are due to renew their registration after 31 August and have now decided on their approach, after careful consideration of the current situation and how that may change in the coming months.
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Pharmacy professionals who have a registration renewal deadline between 1 September and 31 December 2020 will only need to submit a reflective account for revalidation when they renew their registration. You will also need to make the required declarations and pay the fee. You will not need to submit a peer discussion record or any planned or unplanned CPD records. |
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This approach recognises the importance of resuming revalidation in terms of public assurance, while also taking account of the disruption that will have been caused to any planned learning, as well as the demands that are continuing to be placed on pharmacy professionals during the pandemic.
You will still be expected to reflect on the following three standards when completing your reflective account:
- standard 3 - pharmacy professionals must communicate effectively
- standard 6 - pharmacy professionals must behave professionally
- standard 9 - pharmacy professionals must demonstrate leadership
GPhC encourage you to reflect on your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic when completing your reflective account, although this is not essential.
You will need to submit your reflective account via 'myGPhC' as usual when renewing your registration; GPhC will be updating 'myGPhC' to reflect this change in requirements.
Any peer discussion or CPD records that you have already completed can be submitted next year if you choose to do so. You can save these records in 'myGPhC' by moving them to the “excluded” section before you submit your reflective account record.
The current intention of GPhC is that they will resume revalidation requirements in full after 31 December 2020, but they will keep this under review and provide an update towards the end of the year.