Papers for the General Pharmaceutical Council’s October 2026 Council meeting said:
“When compared with the register, there was a relationship between ethnicity and concerns received with an under-representation of White pharmacists in concerns received and an over-representation in concerns received about Black and Asian pharmacists. Looking at the concerns the GPhC has received, there was no statistically significant relationship between ethnicity and concerns which went on to be investigated. There was also no relationship between ethnicity and statutory outcomes for pharmacists.”
In its recent annual report on the GPhC’s performance, the Professional Standards Authority said:
“The GPhC’s analysis indicates that it has sustained its position of having no statistically relevant variance across race, sex or age at the core decision making stages in its FTP process (i.e. opening an investigation, reaching determination, and issuing sanctions).”