{"id":2413,"date":"2013-03-21T02:48:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T02:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2013-03-21T02:48:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T02:48:38","slug":"british-pharmacy-regulator-plans-to-revisit-freedom-of-conscience-for-pharmacists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2413","title":{"rendered":"British pharmacy regulator plans to revisit freedom of conscience for pharmacists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), the state regulator of the profession of pharmacy in the United Kingdom, will be reviewing its standards of conduct, ethics and performance, &#8220;including Standard 3.4 which sets out what pharmacy professionals must do if their religious or moral beliefs prevent them from providing a service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary work is to be done in 2013, and there will be public consultation and engagement in 2014\/2015.\u00a0\u00a0Those concerned about freedom of conscience among pharmacists in the United Kingdom should follow and participate in the review.<\/p>\n<p>For further information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pharmacyregulation.org\/review-core-standards-including-standard-about-religious-or-moral-beliefs\" target=\"_blank\">GPhC\u00a0notice of review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Current (2010) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pharmacyregulation.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Guidance%20on%20the%20provision%20of%20pharmacy%20services%20affected%20by%20religious%20moral%20beliefs%20g.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Guidance on the Provision of Pharmacy Services Affected by Religious\/Moral Beliefs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), the state regulator of the profession of pharmacy in the United Kingdom, will be reviewing its standards of conduct, ethics and performance, &#8220;including Standard 3.4 which sets out what pharmacy professionals must do if their religious or moral beliefs prevent them from providing a service.&#8221; Preliminary work is to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2413\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;British pharmacy regulator plans to revisit freedom of conscience for pharmacists&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,9,757],"tags":[3278,275],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-codes-of-ethics","category-news","category-united-kingdom","tag-general-pharmaceutical-council-gphcuk","tag-pharmacists"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>British pharmacy regulator plans to revisit freedom of conscience for pharmacists - 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