{"id":7437,"date":"2017-06-23T09:08:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T16:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7437"},"modified":"2018-03-05T22:46:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T06:46:28","slug":"gphc-improves-guidance-on-pharmacists-conscience-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7437","title":{"rendered":"GPhC improves guidance on Pharmacists&#8217; conscience rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author\">Christian Concern<\/p>\n<p>Christian Concern reported earlier this year that the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) had <strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianconcern.com\/our-concerns\/religious-freedom\/amended-general-pharmaceutical-councils-guidance-blatantly-ignores-th\"> amended its guidance<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to remove any protection for pharmacists and their legal right to freedom of conscience.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Concern provided submissions to the GPhC stating very clearly that not only did pharmacists enjoy a legal right to freedom of conscience, but also that the public had a right to receive services from pharmacists who share their set of values. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianconcern.com\/our-concerns\/employment\/gphc-improves-guidance-on-pharmacists-conscience-rights\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Concern Christian Concern reported earlier this year that the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) had amended its guidance\u00a0to remove any protection for pharmacists and their legal right to freedom of conscience. Christian Concern provided submissions to the GPhC stating very clearly that not only did pharmacists enjoy a legal right to freedom of conscience, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7437\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GPhC improves guidance on Pharmacists&#8217; conscience rights&#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":[643,1185,33,9,295,757],"tags":[2638,3278,275],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-catholicism","category-christianity-non-catholic","category-codes-of-ethics","category-news","category-religious-freedom","category-united-kingdom","tag-christian-concern","tag-general-pharmaceutical-council-gphcuk","tag-pharmacists"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>GPhC improves guidance on Pharmacists&#039; conscience rights - 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=7437\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GPhC improves guidance on Pharmacists&#039; conscience rights - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christian Concern Christian Concern reported earlier this year that the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) had amended its guidance\u00a0to remove any protection for pharmacists and their legal right to freedom of conscience. 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