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GPhC Registration Assessment: Everything You Need to Pass (2026) | iatroX

UK Pharmacy Registration · GPhC + PSNI

gphc cra: everything you need to know to pass.

Name: iatroX GPhC CRA Q-Bank
Brand: iatroX
SKU: IATROX-GPHC-QBANK
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1,000+ adaptive questions mapped to the 2026 CRA framework — Part 1 calculation drills with free-entry numerical answers, Part 2 SBAs and EMQs grounded in BNF, NICE and UK pharmacy law.

1,000+questions in iatroX bank

77%June 2025 pass rate

62%November 2025 pass rate

40 calculations · 120 minPart 1

90 SBA + 30 EMQ · 150 minPart 2

2 (June, November)sittings per year

exam format

Part 1 — Calculations

40 free-entry numerical calculation questions · 120 minutes · closed-book · GPhC-approved calculator only · Pearson VUE.

Part 2 — Clinical and pharmacy practice

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.

cra framework weighting

The GPhC publishes per-sitting feedback documenting the weighting distribution applied to each assessment. November 2025 figures shown.

High-weighted learning outcomes68%

Medium-weighted learning outcomes27%

Low-weighted learning outcomes5%

Source: official General Pharmaceutical Council (with Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland) blueprint

high-yield: where most marks live

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 BNF guidance and CrCl interpretation

Counselling points and red-flag triage for self-care presentations in community pharmacy

common pitfalls

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.

Part 1: Displacement values ignored when reconstituting injectable powders, leading to systematic dosing errors.
Part 1: Rounding at the wrong stage of multi-step calculations — round only at the final answer.
Part 1: IV infusion rate unit mismatches (microgram vs milligram, mL/hour vs drops/minute).
Part 1: Time pressure on later questions — early questions consume disproportionate time and later items go unanswered.
Part 2: CD prescription validity — missing the required quantity in words and figures, prescriber address, or date.
Part 2: Emergency supply provisions — confusing patient-request rules with prescriber-request rules.
Part 2: Prescribing in renal impairment — knowing a dose adjustment is needed but not the specific adjustment from BNF.
Part 2: Drug interaction management — recognising the interaction but not the clinical action (adjust dose, monitor, or avoid).

study strategy: a 12-week plan

A pragmatic plan used by iatroX-supported first-time passers in 2024–25.

Weeks 1–2

Framework mapping and baseline. Download the 2026 CRA framework. Run a diagnostic across all CRA areas. Identify your bottom three therapeutic areas and your weakest calculation type.

Weeks 3–5

Systematic Part 2 therapeutics — start with the high-weighted areas (chronic disease management, infection, mental health). Read BNF chapters alongside iatroX SBAs.

Weeks 6–8

Daily Part 1 calculation drilling. 20 timed calculations per day. Focus on the four failure points: displacement, rounding, infusion units, time pressure.

Weeks 9–11

Pharmacy law, governance and self-care. MEP cover-to-cover. Two timed mixed Part 1 + Part 2 mock exams under exam conditions.

Week 12

Light review of bookmarked questions only. Confirm Pearson VUE booking, calculator policy and admission requirements.

real GPhC CRA question

A live item from the iatroX bank. Try it before launching a full session.

sample question · GPhC CRA

A pharmacist is asked by a GP about the washout period required when switching a patient from fluoxetine to a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI). What is the recommended minimum gap?

24 hours
1 week
2 weeks
5 weeks
No washout period is needed

the iatroX edge

Why iatroX is built differently for GPhC CRA.

mapped to the official exam blueprint

Every iatroX item is tagged to a blueprint topic, so your performance dashboard mirrors the structure of the exam itself.

adaptive sequencing

The engine surfaces your weakest topics first, in real time, instead of marching you through a static syllabus.

spaced repetition built in

Incorrect items return at increasing intervals to interrupt the forgetting curve and lock knowledge into long-term memory.

free-entry calculation engine

Part 1 of the CRA uses free-entry numerical answers, not multiple choice. iatroX is the only adaptive resource with a matching free-entry engine with worked solutions and clinically acceptable answer ranges.

1,000+ questions · last reviewed 12 May 2026 · sources: BNF · BNFc · MEP · NICE · CKS · GPhC framework · RPS guidance · MHRA-registered Class I medical device

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frequently asked questions

what is the gphc cra pass rate?

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%.

how is the exam scored?

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.

how does part 1 calculation entry work?

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.

is the iatrox subscription region-priced?

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.

what changes for the 2026 sittings?

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 MRCGP · Last reviewed 12 May 2026

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