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ENSURE YOU’RE ABLE TO DISPENSE THAT SCRIPT!

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Authority requirements for certain prescriptions has emerged as a knowledge gap for many pharmacists. Do you know what type of authorities are required for different prescriptions? Prescribing and dispensing: Recently, the Medical Council of NSW undertook interim...

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

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I recently attended a conference for regulators of Health Professionals. One of the keynote presentations really made me stop and think about what I do day to day. The presenter spoke about competence and performance. Competence being what we CAN do and performance...

THINK BEFORE YOU COMPOUND THAT MEDICINE

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Article
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Last year we saw a large increase in the number of reported complaints relating to the compounding of medicines in pharmacies in NSW. In 2017/2018 there were 42 complaints, which was up from 20 reports in 2016/2017. This also represents a total of 13.5% of the total...

ARE YOU RECORDING THE CORRECT INFORMATION?

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Article
Newsletter
Publication
When entering a prescription into the dispense system, it has been found that many pharmacists are not entering all the correct and required information. Two important pieces of information not recorded correctly which have repeatedly come to our attention are: The...

CHANGES TO ROUTINE INSPECTION PROCEDURES

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Article
Newsletter
Policy
To all you pharmacists out there in the wide world of pharmacy, please be advised that routine inspections of Council registered pharmacies carried out by the inspectors of the Pharmacy Council of New South Wales, now include, Checking of appropriate storage of...

Access to information

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Practitioner
We are required to make certain information available and respond to requests for information. This means that information will generally be released unless there is an overriding public interest against disclosure. From 1 July 2010 the Government Information (Public...

I have to attend drug or alcohol screening

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Practitioner
Policy
Some practitioners need to attend screening for drug and/or alcohol use. This page explains the process and provides the policies, procedures and practical information these practitioners will need.

Pharmacy Council releases fact sheet on compounding

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Practitioner
Article
Media Release
The Pharmacy Council of New South Wales has released a fact sheet about raw materials used in compounding. This comes in response to a number of complaints received by the Council in relation to the authenticity of raw materials used in compounded preparations. Stuart...

Beware the absentee proprietor

Practitioner
Case study
The Pharmacy Board of Australia’s Guidelines for Proprietor Pharmacists provides guidance to owners in relation to their professional responsibilities which is not detailed in the legislation or a registration standard. This includes guidance on how proprietors must...

Do you know what publications are required in your pharmacy?

Practitioner
Article
You are required by Law to have available in your pharmacy the latest editions , and all published amendments or supplements to those editions of the publications listed in the Pharmacy Board of Australia’s Guidelines on practice-specific issues—Guideline 1 (List of...

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