Society to consult on draft guidance for addressing poor performance
at local level
The Council has approved publication for comment of a draft guidance document produced to support community pharmacists who are involved in establishing of local schemes to address poor performance.
The document, “Setting up local schemes to identify and remedy
poor performance in England and Wales”, was approved at the December
Council meeting.
The Council heard that many local organisations such as primary care
trusts are setting up poor performance schemes as part of their clinical
governance arrangements and they are increasingly looking to the Society
for guidance. The Society has been working on a project to look at how
poor performance can be identified and dealt with before it becomes a
matter for the Society’s disciplinary or fitness-to-practise machinery.
The project has been in development for 18 months, and the draft guidance
has benefited from input by pharmacists, pharmacy bodies, employers,
the NHS and organisation outside pharmacy.
The Council agreed that a final version of the guidance was needed as
soon as possible but that in the meantime the draft should be published
for comment — clearly marked as such. It would be reconsidered
early in the new year in the light of the comments received and developments
such as the publication of the fifth report of the Shipman Inquiry.
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