Pharmacy Council of New South Wales

The Council operates an education and research grants funding program with two rounds of funding offered each year. Applications for the end of year round of Education and Research Grants funding are now open, with applications accepted up until the closing date, 1...

‘Please could I have the original brand?’ ‘Of course Madam…you’ll just have to wait three days for us to get it in.’ ‘But I rang last week and you said it would be here and I’m right out of tablets.’ ‘Perhaps just this time we’ll give you a generic brand and I’ll make...

Health practitioners are traditionally reluctant to make mandatory notifications for various reasons. These include a fear of becoming a part of a drawn out legal process, a perception that they are dobbing in their peers, or breaking the trust of their patient. It can...

The Council is concerned that some pharmacists are putting the public at risk through an unwillingness to challenge a prescriber when they see a prescription that is inappropriate, unclear or not understood. The Council has dealt with a number of such complaints and...

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal recently considered a case where a pharmacist failed to advise the Pharmacy Board of Australia that he had been charged with offences punishable by 12 months imprisonment or more, within seven days of being charged by the NSW...

Annual Declarations are now overdue . Reminders have recently been sent to pharmacists who had a financial interest in a pharmacy business between 1 st May 2017 and 30 th April 2018 and have not yet completed an Annual Declaration. If you sold your pharmacy business,...

This month we farewell Terry Maunsell, who will leave the Pharmacy Council of NSW after nine years of service. Terry was first appointed to the Pharmacy Board of NSW in 2009 as a member with expertise in hospital pharmacy. She transitioned to the Pharmacy Council in...