Background
As you will be aware, on 23 December 2021 the Public Health (COVID-19 Health Care Workers Vaccination) Order (No.3) 2021
Pharmacy Board of Australia Guidelines on Compounding of Medicines outline that one of the fundamental requirements of compounding is that the pharmacist must complete a risk assessment.
Pharmacy Council member April 2019 to December 2021
A message from your inspectors:
The Pharmacy Council continues to receive complaints that involve a lack of oversight by proprietor pharmacists.
Doctor shopping, or the practice by patients of seeking prescriptions from multiple prescribers and presenting them at multiple pharmacies, has long been an area where pharmacists have needed to be
Pharmacist ZXY was found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct by the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal on 6 September 2021.
We republish our article about Continuing Professional Development which was included in our October 2020 edition of Council News. To review the article again read on.
In response to recent notifications received in relation to the compounding of ivermectin for the prevention/treatment of COVID-19, the Council reminds any pharmacist involved in compounding activi