CHRE cites Society’s “noteworthy” practice
The Society’s activities in support of new roles for pharmacists and the roll-out of its continuing professional development mechanisms have been cited as examples of noteworthy practice in the first annual performance review of the Society by the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (officially the Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals).
The review, reported to the August
Council meeting, also cites as noteworthy
the Society’s dissemination of a wide range of up-to-date publications
building on science, evidence-based practice and ethical advice.
In its conclusions, the review notes that the Society is still waiting
for changes under a Section 60 Order under the Heath Act 1999, and hopes
that the proposed changes will be published by late summer for implementation
early in 2005. It also notes that the Society incurs additional costs
in complying with CHRE needs.
It says that the Society has highlighted a need for cross-notification
between regulators when a practitioner is removed from a professional
register.
And it says that corporate ownership of pharmacies raises issues, with
the Society needing more effective powers, such as greater control over
premises or strengthened powers for superintendent pharmacists. It adds
that the Society has problems dealing with a situation where a pharmacist
owner of a business who has been erased from the register continues to
have a hand in the business.
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