No, you can't become a GP after completion of pharmacy. You need to complete medical degree, then two years of foundation and then GP training to become GP. You can work as a pharmacist in GP surgery after completion of pharmacy degree.
Original post by 2rrw2311
Just wondering if once you become a pharmacist if u can then progress to become a GP
Original post by mhemel
No, you can't become a GP after completion of pharmacy. You need to complete medical degree, then two years of foundation and then GP training to become GP. You can work as a pharmacist in GP surgery after completion of pharmacy degree.
Thank you for the information, do you think pharmacy is still a solid career path?
Original post by McGinger
You could do graduate Medicine after MPharm - or you could not bother with MPharm and actually apply for Medicine
The problem is that I haven't done the UCAT so I would have to take a gap year
Original post by 2rrw2311
Thank you for the information, do you think pharmacy is still a solid career path?
Those taking MPharm degrees now will have 'prescription' powers - it'll be a 'bigger job' - and many more Pharmacists are now working alongside GPs.
Original post by 2rrw2311
Just wondering if once you become a pharmacist if u can then progress to become a GP
As above, you can only be a GP by doing a medical degree. As noted previously pharmacists will be prescribers now, but worth bearing in mind prescribing isn't the full scope of what a GP (or any doctor) does.
If you are strongly committed to medicine as a career it's generally recommended to take a gap year(s) if needed and resit and/or take the UCAT or similar and reapply in the gap year(s). It's generally easier (statistically speaking) to get in as a school leaver applying to standard entry medicine than as a graduate applying to either accelerated graduate entry medicine (GEM) courses or more variably sometimes as a graduate applying to standard entry medicine (although that is a limited path for many due to the financial burden it presents as you need to self fund the first 4 years of the degree in that route).
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