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1,000+ adaptive questions mapped to the published 2026 CRA framework — Part 1 calculation drills with free-entry numerical answers, plus Part 2 SBA and EMQ practice.
Full GPhC CRA bank, AI Tutor and timed mocks — $29/month or $99/year. All paid exam banks included.
40 free-entry numerical calculation questions · 120 minutes · closed-book · GPhC-approved calculator only · Pearson VUE.
120 selected-response items over 150 minutes: 90 single-best-answer questions and 30 extended-matching questions.
Two sittings per year in June and November. You must pass Part 1 and Part 2 in the same sitting; there is no compensation between parts. Maximum 3 lifetime attempts. Confirm the 2026 sitting and booking dates on the official awarding-body page before booking.
The GPhC publishes per-sitting feedback documenting the weighting distribution applied to each assessment. November 2025 figures shown.
Source: official General Pharmaceutical Council (with Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland) blueprint
Distilled from GPhC Board of Assessors feedback across multiple sittings and iatroX item density.
Pharmaceutical calculations (Part 1) — IV infusion rates, paediatric weight-based dosing, displacement values for reconstitution, percentage and ratio concentrations, Cockcroft–Gault dose adjustment
Clinical therapeutics in common chronic disease — diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory, mental health, infection
Pharmacy law and governance — controlled drug prescription validity, emergency supply rules, registration and conduct, Patient Group Directions
Patient safety — anticoagulation monitoring, high-risk medicines, look-alike sound-alike, error reporting
Renal and hepatic dose adjustment using current product information, approved medicines references and CrCl interpretation
Counselling points and red-flag triage for self-care presentations in community pharmacy
Direct from GPhC Board of Assessors feedback documents across multiple sittings. These remain consistent year on year — meaning they are predictable and drillable.
GPhC Board of Assessors feedback — synthesised by iatroX.
A pragmatic plan used by iatroX-supported first-time passers in 2024–25.
A live item from the iatroX bank. Try it before launching a full session.
A patient accidentally swallowed their once-daily Spiriva HandiHaler capsule at 09:00. At 15:00 the same day they realise the error; they are clinically stable and the next dose is due tomorrow morning. What should the pharmacist advise?
Why iatroX is built differently for GPhC CRA.
Every iatroX item is tagged to a blueprint topic, so your performance dashboard mirrors the structure of the exam itself.
The engine surfaces your weakest topics first, in real time, instead of marching you through a static syllabus.
Incorrect items return at increasing intervals to interrupt the forgetting curve and lock knowledge into long-term memory.
Part 1 of the CRA uses free-entry numerical answers, not multiple choice. iatroX provides a matching free-entry engine with worked solutions, clinically acceptable answer ranges and adaptive follow-up practice.
One iatroX subscription includes the GPhC CRA bank, the Socratic Tutor inside supported sessions, and every other premium iatroX exam bank.
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The June 2025 sitting had a 77% overall pass rate (2,247 of 2,913 candidates). The November 2025 sitting had a 62% pass rate (722 of 1,174). November sittings consistently have lower pass rates than June — typically 56–66% versus 75–80%.
You must pass Part 1 AND Part 2 in the same sitting. There is no compensation between parts. The pass mark is set per sitting using a modified Angoff methodology plus one Standard Error of Measurement. In June 2025 the Part 1 pass mark was 24/40 and Part 2 was 79/120.
Part 1 uses free-entry numerical answers — you type your answer exactly as you would in real practice, not select from options. Each question has a clinically acceptable answer range. You have 120 minutes for 40 questions, with a GPhC-approved calculator.
Yes. UK users pay £29/month or £99/year. Users elsewhere pay $29/month or $99/year (or €29/€99 for Italy). A single subscription gives you the GPhC bank plus every other premium iatroX exam bank.
From 2026, independent prescribing content (learning outcome 37) is excluded from the CRA so that all trainees — whether they completed an integrated prescribing course or not — sit the same exam. Format and content areas otherwise remain unchanged through at least 2029.
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Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MSt MRCGP · Last reviewed 12 May 2026
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