New measures come into force on 1 December 2022 and will apply to Great Britain and Northern Ireland 27 October 2022 Pharmacy Rebalancing Orders - Privy Council Commencement Orders. In July 2022, two rebalancing orders - the Pharmacy (Preparation and Dispensing Errors Hospital and other Pharmacy Services) Order 2022 and the Pharmacy (Responsible Pharmacist Superintendent Pharmacist etc.) Order 2022 – were published on legislation.gov.uk, following approval by Parliament and the Privy Council. The Pharmacy (Preparation and Dispensing Errors – Hospital and Other Pharmacy Services) Order 2022 (legislation.gov.uk) The Pharmacy (Responsible Pharmacists, Superintendent Pharmacists etc.) Order 2022 (legislation.gov.uk) An aide-memoire summarising the changes can be found here: Summary and purpose of statutory instruments APTUK has been informed that the necessary legislation to bring both orders into force (commencement) have now been agreed and published by the Privy Council. This will bring the new measures into force on 1 December 2022 and will apply to Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Pharmacy (Preparation and Dispensing Errors – Hospital and Other Pharmacy Services) Order 2022 (Commencement) Order of Council 2022 The Pharmacy (Responsible Pharmacists, Superintendent Pharmacists etc.) Order 2022 (Commencement) Order of Council 2022 The GPhC and PSNI will set out their engagement plans and anticipated timescales for implementation of the new powers to set out in professional rules/regulations for the responsibilities of the Responsible Pharmacist, Superintendent Pharmacist and Chief Pharmacist in due course. The regulations concerning the Responsible Pharmacist – the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Responsible Pharmacist) Regulations 2008 – will remain in force pending the first rules by the GPhC in respect to Great Britain and the first regulations of the Council of the PSNI in respects to Northern Ireland. View Other News