Return to Practice (Pharmacy)

Helpful resources to return to practice

If you have been off the register and are considering returning to practice these are some useful resources to help support you:

Royal Pharmaceutical Society - Returning to practice guide

This guide helps you through the process step by step. It is for you if any of the below applies to your situation:

You are thinking of returning to a familiar role or moving into a different area of practice

You have been out of practice and want to return to the workplace

You are thinking of moving into a different sector of practice

General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) - Returning to the register

If it is more than 12 months since you were last registered (with either the GPhC or the previous regulator, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society), and you want to start practising as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician again, you will need to follow the 4 steps outlined on this website.

Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) - Return to practice

Their return to practice course supports pharmacy professionals (pharmacists and pharmacy technicians):

Returning to community pharmacy practice following a career break

Wanting to change sector to community pharmacy

Returning to practice in England after work elsewhere in the UK or in other countries worldwide

CPPE - Return to practice FAQs

Find answers to several questions under the following topics:

Return to practice

Registration of pharmacists

Revalidation and continuing professional development

Returning to work

Pharmacist Support - Returning to pharmacy practice