Pharmacists

As a registered healthcare professional, you play a key role  in providing safe and effective pharmacy care. Here you'll find the information you need to keep your registration and your practice up to date.

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Registration

To practise as a pharmacist, you need to register with us and meet our standards for education, training and experience. Find out more about the registration process and the information you need to provide.

Registering as a pharmacist

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Revalidation and renewal

Each year, pharmacists must record what they have done to keep their knowledge and skills up to date and reflect on how they have put this into practice. Find out more how to renew your registration.

Revalidation and renewal

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Standards and guidance

As a pharmacist, there are nine standards that you’re responsible for meeting. Find out more about the standards and our guidance to help you put them into practice.

Standards and guidance for pharmacy professionals

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Independent prescribing

To become an independent prescriber, you must successfully complete an independent prescriber training programme that we have accredited. We’ll then add your prescriber status to our register through an annotation.

Independent prescribing

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Responsible pharmacist notice

Complete and generate your personal responsible pharmacist notice to print and display in your pharmacy.

Responsible pharmacist notice

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Keeping your details up to date

Find out how to update your name, address and other key information.

Updating your details