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Overseas Pharmacists AssessmentProgramme



International Applications

129 Lambeth Road, London SE1 7BT

Tel 0203 365 3550

Email: [email protected]

Thank you for your enquiry about eligibility to undertake the Overseas Pharmacists Assessment

Programme (OSPAP).

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC):

The GPhC is the competent authority for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in Great

Britain. The GPhC is a statutory corporation established under the Pharmacy Order 2010

(Statutory Instrument 2010/231)

The GPhC is governed by a Council of 14 members, including the Chair. The Council has equal

numbers of lay and registrant members who are independently appointed.

Anyone (including EEA pharmacists) who wishes to practice as a pharmacist and use the

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Applications will usually be considered in the last week of every month and applications to be

considered would need to be complete in the second week of that month to allow for the final

check and preparation for consideration.

Your application will not be considered until ALL of the documents are in our hands and in

order as required by the GPhC.

You will be advised of the decision regarding your eligibility by email ( or post if no email address

is available for you) within 5 working days of the final consideration. If you are considered to be

eligible to make an application to join the OSPAP, you will be provided with a form to list in

order of preference, the universities you wish to attend. You are required to return this form tothe international applications department together with a certified recent photograph of

yourself for each university you have listed plus one for the GPhC to hold on file ( usually 6 in

total).

Receipt of this form will not be automatically acknowledged.

The preference form will be sent on to the OSPAP providers you have listed on your form

together with a letter from this Society. You should then receive information from the providers.

Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme (OSPAP)

The OSPAP starts in September / October each year. Please send in your application as early as

possible to allow time for errors or omissions to be corrected. We may have to contact your

university for further information and this can take a long time. Some providers places are filled

very early in the year and you should make your application as soon as you are ready to have

the best chance of obtaining a place with your first choice provider.



For more details on preregistration training see the following link:

www.pharmacyregulation.org

NB: You are required to register within 4 years of starting your OSPAP.

Alternatively, if your degree is not comparable to a UK Bachelor degree or if you have provided

your academic transcript you may be required to attend for interview at the GPhC in London.

The Interview:

All interviews are held at the GPhC Head Office in Lambeth Road, London.

If you are required to attend for interview you will be given as much notice as possible of your

appointment date and time. You will be required to attend for interview within 18 months of

the notification letter. If you do not, you will be required to make a new application.

The interview is intended to allow you to demonstrate your pharmacy knowledge by responses

to questions posed. The interview will encompass the following:

Your general pharmaceutical knowledge as it relates to the course and examinations

you have taken

Your knowledge of the practice, law and ethics of pharmacy in Britain

Verification of your competence and command of the English language

If during the interview you cannot satisfy the Panel as to your abilities you may be considered

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If you want an acknowledgement of receipt of your initial application please include a

stamped self addressed envelope or postcard with your with your application. This will

be posted on receipt of your application in the international department.

To help us process your application as quickly as possible, please check your documents

very carefully to make sure you have provided all that is required and in the format

required (eg certified copy or original document). We recommend that you make use of

the checklist provided in the information pack.

If we need to contact you we will use the email and postal address that you enter on

your questionnaire so it is important to make sure these details are up to date, accurateand legible. You MUST advise us of any change of contact details as soon as possible. If

possible you should provide a UK contact address.

We would advise you to send your application by some form of delivery that requires a

signature by the GPhC. Please ensure you address your envelope / package to

International applications.

Please note that even though post may have been signed into the building, it does notnecessarily mean that it has been received in the international department.

1.Names

Your documents may have variations of your names. To complete your application you MUST

provide official documentation or a sworn declaration as follows to verify any name changes or

variations.

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3. Translations

Any document that is not provided in the English language MUST be accompanied by a

translation as follows:

The translation must be completed by an authorised translator

It must be a literal translation, not an interpretation of the original document

All certifications and ink stamps on the original document must also be translated

The translator must put their business stamp on each document translated and sign anddate the statement “ this is a true and accurate translation” and attach the translation

to the original language document or provide a list of the documents translated.

4. Direct documents

The GPhC requires that certain documents are sent directly from the issuing body / person. If

these documents are considered to have been supplied via yourself or any other third party they

will be rejected and you will be required to arrange for new documents to provided in the

correct manner.

5. Inability to provide documents

In general, your application will not be considered for eligibility until all of the required

documents have been received and considered acceptable. If you cannot supply any documents

required you should provide a written explanation of why this situation has arisen. If your

explanation is accepted you will be advised of how to proceed and what alternative documents

may be considered.



Documents required from the applicant:

1.

English Language Test

You MUST supply a satisfactory English language test result with your initial application. The

GPhC only accepts IELTS and requires a level of a minimum of 7 in every category of the same

sitting of the academic IELTS . The IELTS result is valid for 2 years from the date of the test.

Your IELTS result must be valid until your application is complete and considered for eligibility.

If we do not hold a satisfactory IELTS result on file for you when we receive your application

or you do not include one with your application WE WILL RETURN YOUR APPLICATION

IMMEDIATELY.

Please ensure that you request the IELTS test centre to send a result form to International

applications GPhC, 129 Lambeth Road, London SE1 7BT by using the appropriate section on

the IELTS application form.

You will need an original test result form when you apply to other organisations and the

international department will not give you the original IELTS result form provided by the test

centre.

If you have used a document other than your current passport as identification for the IELTS test

you should include a certified copy of that document in your application.

To obtain further information you may contact the IELTS Information Centre Line by telephone:

0161 957 7755 (UK) by email: [email protected] or visit their website at

www.britishcouncil.org/learning-ielts

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If you have been awarded further qualifications such as a Masters degree you can send a

certified copy of that certificate and it will be included in your application. It will not make any

difference to your route to the register.

3. Passport

You must initially supply a certified copy of your passport identity page ( including the

photograph). However, before you start the OSPAP course you will be required to make an

appointment for your original passport to be verified at the GPhC in London.

Please note that you do not have to include all the blank pages of your passport in the copy. We

need to see the identification pages, any validity extension page and your current visa.

4. Completed questionnaire

Please ensure you:

Write clearly in black ink

Include a legible email address where possible. This will enhance the communicationprocess

Provide a UK postal address where possible.

Complete ALL sections of the questionnaire

‘Maiden’ name is for married females to enter their pre marriage surname



6. Photographs

You must supply 2 recent passport style photographs certified on the back as follows:

“This is a true likeness and signature of”

Your full name and signature ( no initials)

The signature of the UK registered solicitor (or equivalent legal witness in the

country where you are) who witnesses your statutory declaration, and date

Example as shown below:

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“ This is a true likeness

and signature of ”

Your full name &

signature

Signature of legal

witness of your statutory

declaration & date



8. Certified copy of your birth certificate

The copy of your birth certificate should be certified as a true copy of the original by a solicitor(English Law) or the legal equivalent in the country where you are.

You should complete declaration A of the statutory declaration enclosed in the information pack

if either of the following applies:

Your birth was not registered within 1 year of your actual birth.

Your full name does not appear on your birth certificate.

9.Change of name

If you have changed your name from that on your birth certificate you should complete

declaration B of the statutory declaration enclosed in the information pack. Please see 9a if your

name changed due to marriage / civil partnership

9a certified copy of your marriage certificate/ civil partnership

If you have changed your name through marriage / civil partnership and wish to register in your

new name you should provide a certified copy of your marriage / civil partnership certificate

instead of completing declaration B.

You are advised to send your application by a form of delivery that requires a signature on

receipt. Please ensure you address your envelopes to International Applications.

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Documents to be supplied DIRECTLY to the GPhC

The following documents should be sent from the issuing body (university, pharmacy council,referee) directly to the GPhC. They should not be sent via the applicant or any other third

party. If the GPhC considers this to be the case, the documents will be rejected and

replacements will have to be provided.

1. Academic Transcript

You must request a full transcript of your academic record for your pharmacy qualification. This

must be certified by the relevant officer at the university or academic body. The GPhC will checkthe information in the academic transcript with the information provided by the applicant. Any

discrepancies will be brought to the attention of the issuing body and an explanation for the

differences will be required.

2. Letters confirming Registration and Good Standing

You must request a letter from the regulatory authority or body that grants your licence in your

country of qualification. This letter should state that you are registered or eligible to register and

that you are in good standing with that authority and no adverse information is known about

you. This letter must also confirm when and where you obtained your degree in pharmacy, your

date of birth and your registered address.

You will also be required to provide a letter confirming your good standing from any pharmacy

governing body under which you have worked in the 5 years immediately prior to your

application.

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Any references that do not meet the criteria will not be accepted and new references will

have to be provided.

ALL DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE SENT TO:

International Applications

General Pharmaceutical Council

129 Lambeth Road

London

SE1 7BT

Tel: 0203 365 3550

Email: [email protected]



Document checklist:

Applicant Use:

□ IELTS result form

7+Listening□ 7+Reading□ 7+Writing□7+Speaking□

□ Application Fee payable to GPhC □ Original Degree Certificate

□ Copy Passport □ Questionnaire

□ CV □ Photographs

□ Copy birth certificate □ Copy marriage /cp certificate

□ Statutory Declaration

Requested to be sent direct to Society:

□ Academic Transcript

□ Registration / Good Standing

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OSPAP Decisions

The GPhC will consider your application and decide your eligibility to apply for the

OSPAP. You will be advised of the decision within 5 working days of your application

being considered. The letter will be sent to you by email ( or post if no email address is

available for you). You should ensure that you carefully read all the enclosures sent with

your decision letter. It contains important information regarding your preregistration

training.

Please send in your application as soon as you are ready. If your application is received

after July you may not be able to obtain a place at your first choice university. If there

are issues with your documents you may be delayed in applying for the OSPAP.

Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme (OSPAP)

If you are considered eligible to attend the OSPAP your will be sent a form to complete

stating your preferred universities. This form MUST be completed and returned toInternational Applications with a certified copy of your current VISA (NOT PASSPORT) if

you have a visa and a passport style photographs certified as a true likeness by a

solicitor ( English Law) or the equivalent legal witness in the country where you are. The

form should be stamped with their business stamp.

Once the form and photograph are received in the office they will be sent on to the

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All applications considered by the GPhC must include the International English Language

Test System Report - (IELTS) certificate.

You must have achieved a minimum score of Academic Level 7 in each of the test

parameters - Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking.

English Language Competency tests are conducted by the University of Cambridge Local

Examinations Syndicate and by The British Council.

To obtain further information you may contact the IELTS - Information Centre Line:By telephone: 0161 957 7755 (UK)

By email: [email protected]

Or visit their web site at: www.britishcouncil.org/learning-ielts.htm

Your application will not be accepted until you have passed the IELTS at the required

standard and have submitted the test certificate together with all the other relevant

documents as requested in the information pack provided by The Council.

If you are an EEA ( non-British ) passport holder you are not required to provide an

IELTS with your application for eligibility to apply for the OSPAP. You will be required to

provide a valid IELTS result of the same level to the OSPAP providers. There are NO

exceptions.

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Questionnaire for eligibility for the Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme (OSPAP).

1.1

Title: Mr □ Mrs □ Miss □ Ms □ Other □(please state)

1.2

Surname(s): ________________________________________________________________

Forename(s): ________________________________________________________________

Maiden Name(s): ____________________________________________________________

1.3

Home Address: ________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________



1.6

Degree awarding body:__________________________________________________________

Degree awarded:_______________________________________________________________

Date degree course started:______________________________________________________

Date degree course completed:___________________________________________________

1.7

Name of Regulatory body in country of qualification:___________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Date of first registration as a pharmacist in country of qualification:________________________

Registration number:____________________________________________________________

Give details of any other registration you hold with a regulatory body:

____________________________________________________________________________



2.0 Declaration by applicant

I declare that the information that I have provided to the GPhC in my application for OSPAP eligibility istrue and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature:____________________________________________ Date______________________

In making this application for eligibility to apply for the OSPAP I agree that:

The GPhC may make any enquiries it considers relevant and appropriate to establish anapplicant’s eligibility to apply for the OSPAP

The GPhC may discuss or disclose any personal or sensitive data that it holds about an

applicant with referees, educational establishments, professional regulatory and

representative bodies, government departments, law enforcement or immigration agencies

and any other third party if the GPhC considers it to be necessary and appropriate

If information or supporting documentation that an applicant has provided is false or

inaccurate the GPhC may decline the application and may report the matter to the relevant

law enforcement agencies and any other third party that it considers should be notified

At the application stage for eligibility for the OSPAP the GPhC does not make any

assessment of an applicant’s fitness to practise with respects to their good character and/or

health.



STATUTORY DECLARATION

You must complete whichever declaration(s) on this side of this form are applicable.

You must complete BOTH boxes on the other side of this form.

DECLARATION A: Inability to provide an acceptable birth certificate.

I (insert full name, identical to that on your application for registration)

First names………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Family names……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Of (insert home address)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Do solemnly declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that I was given the name:

………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………

at my birth on …………………………………………………….. in……………………………………………………

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DECLARATION C:

I……………………………………………………………………………………………

……..dob……………………… (Name in full as on application)

Of………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

(Home address)

Do solemnly and sincerely declare that I am the person referred to in the following

documents given in support of my application for registration with the GeneralPharmaceutical Council (Please tick each box)

□ Degree certificate □ academic transcript □ letter of good standing

□ Birth certificate □ Marriage certificate ( married female applicants only)

□ Passport □ IELTS result form □ Current CV

And I make the declaration(s) contained in this document conscientiously believing the

same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory declaration Act 1835.

Signed:…………………………………………………………………………………………

Date:……………………………………………………………………………………………

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OVERSEAS PHARMACISTS ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME PROVIDERS

ASTON UNIVERSITY School of Life & Health Sciences

Aston University

Aston Triangle

Birmingham B4 7ET

Contact:

Administrator: Ms C M Hoban Email: [email protected]

Tel: 0121 204 4161

BRIGHTON UNIVERSITYSchool of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences

University of Brighton

Moulescoomb

Brighton BN2 4GJ

Contact:Administrator: Mrs S Gotham Email [email protected]

Tel: 01273 642118

Leader: Mr M Ellis-Martin Email [email protected]

KINGSTON UNIVERSITY Admissions Department (Sec)

Kingston University

Roehampton Vale

Friars Avenue

London

SW15 3DW

Contact:

[email protected]

SUNDERLAND UNIVERSITY School of Health, Natural & Social Sciences

University of Sunderland

Fleming BuildingWharncliffe Street

Sunderland SR1 3SD

Contact:

Administrator: Ms C Hannan Email: [email protected]

Leader: Dr R Slane Email: [email protected]

THE ROBERT GORDON

UNIVERSITY

School of Pharmacy & Life Sciences

Faculty of Health & Social Care

The Robert Gordon University

City Centre Campus, Schoolhill

Aberdeen AB10 1FR

Contact:

Administrator: Mrs A Dalgarno. Email: [email protected]

Tel 01224 262 500

Leader: Dr S Boyle Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01224 262529

Enquiries: [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF

HERTFORDSHIRE

School of Pharmacy

University of Hertfordshire

Hatfield AL10 9AB

Contact:

Administrator: Ms M Rial Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01707 285101

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