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OSPAP — Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme

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The route for overseas (non-EEA) pharmacists to UK registration: a one-year postgraduate diploma plus 52 weeks of foundation training and the GPhC registration assessment.

Pharmacists who initially qualified outside the EEA register in the UK via the Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme (OSPAP) — a one-year postgraduate diploma that also assesses English-language proficiency — followed by 52 weeks of foundation training (England, Scotland or Wales) and the GPhC Common Registration Assessment. OSPAP graduates complete the foundation year against a modified set of learning outcomes.

Sources & verification

  • Overseas (non-EEA) pharmacists register via OSPAP (a one-year postgraduate diploma) plus 52 weeks of foundation training and the GPhC registration assessment — source, verified 2026-06-12

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