GPhC mock exams, full length and timed

Each paper is a complete sitting: Part 1 and Part 2 at full length, under the full time allowance. Mock A and Mock B share no questions, so the second is a fresh rehearsal rather than a repeat.

Both are set out the way the assessment is:

• An introduction screen for each part, with the instructions and the list of abbreviations and acronyms
• One question per page, with Back, Next and a flag to come back to it
• A review list you can filter to unattempted, attempted or flagged questions, and a warning before you finish
• An on-screen calculator, and supplied resources behind a View resource button where a question needs one
• A clock that counts down from the part's allowance and hands the paper in when time is up. You can leave and carry on where you were.

Every question has been checked by two pharmacists before it can appear on a paper, and every answer comes with a worked explanation. Your results give your score on each part and your marks by clinical area or calculation type, weakest first.

Buying a paper also opens untimed practice from the rest of our GPhC question bank: questions on neither paper, with an explanation after each one.

Part 1 is 40 calculation questions in 2 hours, about three minutes a question. Every question is multi-step, and every paper includes at least one of each of the nine calculation types in the GPhC's framework: concentrations, dilutions, displacement volumes, dose and dosage regimens, infusion rates, medical statistics, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacokinetics and quantities to supply.

You type each answer as a number rather than choosing from options. Simple formulae you use every day, such as body mass index, are not given to you; more complex ones are.

A calculator is allowed in both parts: the on-screen one, or up to two of your own from the GPhC's approved list.

Part 2 tests safe and effective pharmacy care of the public: 120 questions in 2½ hours. Section 1 is 90 single best answer questions, each with five options. Section 2 is 15 sets of extended matching questions, each set two questions sharing a theme and the same eight options. The framework suggests about a minute for each single best answer question and two for each extended matching one.

You bring no references. Where a question needs one, an extract is supplied inside it, such as an entry from the BNF or BNFC, a summary of product characteristics, a MAR chart or a guideline. Normal reference ranges for laboratory results are provided too.

The next GPhC registration assessment is on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Part 1 starts at 10:00 and Part 2 at 14:15, at test centres across the UK. Results are released on the morning of Wednesday 16 December 2026, through myGPhC.

You must pass Part 1 and Part 2 in the same sitting; a strong score on one cannot make up for the other. There is no fixed pass mark: the GPhC sets it for each sitting so that the standard stays the same as question difficulty varies.

Last November about half the candidates were sitting for the first time, having started foundation training in the autumn, and the rest were sitting again. These papers are written for both. Whichever sitting this is for you, a full timed run of both parts shows where the time goes as well as where the marks go.

You pay once. It is not a subscription, there is nothing to cancel, and access lasts 12 months. There is no free trial of the papers; the free GPhC practice questions show you the style first, with no account needed.

Bought one paper and want the other? Buying a single paper again adds Mock B.

The full cancellation and refund terms are in section 8 of our terms.