{"id":7342,"date":"2017-07-11T06:35:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7342"},"modified":"2018-03-05T22:46:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T06:46:09","slug":"victory-for-christian-pharmacists-conscience-rights-in-great-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7342","title":{"rendered":"Victory For Christian Pharmacists&#8217; Conscience Rights In Great Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cross Rhythms<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Heather Bellamy<\/p>\n<p>Heather Bellamy spoke with Ciaran Kelly, the Head of Communications at the Christian Institute, about the importance of reasonable accommodation in balancing people&#8217;s rights, and how after consultation, the General Pharmaceutical Council have chosen to continue to value their pharmacists faith and conscience, as well as patient care.<\/p>\n<p>For the past few months, Christian pharmacists in Great Britain anticipated having to choose between their faith and their job, but after a huge campaign and the threat of legal action from the Christian Institute, their regulatory body has backed away from ending conscience rights. Heather Bellamy spoke with Ciaran Kelly, the Head of Communications, at the Christian Institute, to find out more. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossrhythms.co.uk\/articles\/life\/Victory_For_Christian_Pharmacists_Conscience_Rights_In_Great_Britain_\/60696\/p1\/\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cross Rhythms Heather Bellamy Heather Bellamy spoke with Ciaran Kelly, the Head of Communications at the Christian Institute, about the importance of reasonable accommodation in balancing people&#8217;s rights, and how after consultation, the General Pharmaceutical Council have chosen to continue to value their pharmacists faith and conscience, as well as patient care. For the past &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7342\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Victory For Christian Pharmacists&#8217; Conscience Rights In Great Britain&#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":[33,9,295,757],"tags":[2577,3278,275,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-codes-of-ethics","category-news","category-religious-freedom","category-united-kingdom","tag-christian-institute","tag-general-pharmaceutical-council-gphcuk","tag-pharmacists","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Victory For Christian Pharmacists&#039; Conscience Rights In Great Britain - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7342\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Victory For Christian Pharmacists&#039; Conscience Rights In Great Britain - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cross Rhythms Heather Bellamy Heather Bellamy spoke with Ciaran Kelly, the Head of Communications at the Christian Institute, about the importance of reasonable accommodation in balancing people&#8217;s rights, and how after consultation, the General Pharmaceutical Council have chosen to continue to value their pharmacists faith and conscience, as well as patient care. 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