Impact assessment

Regulator responsible for pharmacy inspections

Partial impact assessment on proposals for the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) being the pharmacy regulator.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 9 September 2013

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

Documents

Inspections of pharmacy businesses (partial impact assessment)

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Details

This preliminary impact assessment gives estimates of the costs and benefits of introducing the proposed policy of the GPhC being responsible for pharmacy inspections.

The policy is in response to concerns raised by pharmacy, received through the Red Tape Challenge, about the burdens on pharmacies arising from inspections.

Published 9 September 2013