1, the main manager of the retail pharmacy must be a licensed pharmacist
Early last year, the State Council issued the "Thirteenth Five-Year" National Food Safety Plan and the "Thirteenth Five-Year "National Drug Safety Plan", "the plan" mentioned, "all retail pharmacies main managers with licensed pharmacist qualifications, business with licensed pharmacists to guide the rational use of drugs."
Not long ago, the Guangdong Provincial Food and Drug Administration on the issuance of the "drug retail enterprise grading classification of the management approach (for trial implementation)" also mentioned that "the legal representative or person in charge of the enterprise should have the qualification of licensed pharmacist (or licensed Chinese pharmacist).
And as of the end of December 2017, the number of registered licensed pharmacists nationwide was 408,431, and at present, the average number of licensed pharmacists per 10,000 population is only 3.0, with a huge gap in the market for licensed pharmacists.
2, the newly opened pharmacy must be equipped with two licensed pharmacists
In September 2017, Hefei Food and Drug Administration issued the "Interim Provisions on Strengthening the Supervision and Management of Pharmaceutical Retail Enterprises in Hefei", which requires that, since October 1, 2017, the newly opened pharmacy needs to be equipped with two licensed pharmacists registered to the pharmacy, and its work unit should be the same as the "Licensed Pharmacist Registration Certificate". The work unit should be the same as the practicing unit stated in the Licensed Pharmacist Registration Certificate, and shall not work part-time in other enterprises; where there are Chinese medicine tablets in the scope of business, there should be a licensed Chinese pharmacist.
This means that a pharmacy must be equipped with a licensed pharmacist. In the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" requirements, I believe that localities will introduce relevant regulations to ensure that "a store one to two licensed pharmacists", the market demand for licensed pharmacists will reach a new high; and at present, China's licensed pharmacist registration data seems to be huge, in fact! The gap is very large!
3, 2017 annual licensed pharmacist pass rate hit a new high in recent years
2017 annual national licensed pharmacist qualification examination for the number of applicants for 675,179 people, the actual number of references for 523,296 people, the reference rate of 77.50%, the number of qualified people 152,770 people, the pass rate of 29.19%, which is higher than in previous years, about 10%, hit a new high in recent years.
The postponement of the 2017 examination and the continuous improvement of the quality of the candidates are certainly important influencing factors, but the current market demand for practicing pharmacists is high, and the supply of practicing pharmacists exceeds the demand is also a reason that can not be ignored.
From this, it is inferred that the certificate in 2018 will also have a state of release, and the pass rate will not drop too low.
4, the pharmacist clinic appeared in many places, the role of the pharmacist to further enhance
At present, Beijing, Heilongjiang, Guangdong and other provinces and cities have appeared one after another "pharmacist clinic". Guangdong hospitals to open the pharmacist clinic is divided into three main categories: pharmacist physician joint clinic, pharmacist integrated clinic, pharmacist specialist clinic.
After the permission of the hospital and the department, and clinical pharmacists directly prescribed drugs are mostly basic routine drugs, or in the follow-up according to the physician's initial diagnosis of prescription drugs, in communication with the hospital and on the basis of confirmation, the physician will be the right to prescribe "agreement" to the clinical pharmacist, allowing the clinical pharmacist to prescribe the drug to patients, which means that the clinical pharmacist has the "agreement" to prescribe drugs to patients. This means that the clinical pharmacist has the "right to prescribe by agreement".
The emergence of the pharmacist clinic, the licensed pharmacist to the clinical pharmacist, the role of the pharmacist is further enhanced.
5, e-prescription flow to the pharmacy, the licensed pharmacist review can be sold
Entering March, Chongqing and Tianjin Food and Drug Administration has issued a retail pharmacy trial sales of prescription drugs with electronic prescription policy (hereinafter referred to as "e-prescription pilot"). Previously, the policy in the country's major cities and Guangdong and other places have sporadic pilot, but this year there is a trend to accelerate the pilot.
In accordance with the "Drug Business Quality Management Standard" to carry out business and quality management of the relevant materials; at the same time, in accordance with the relevant documents of the Sichuan Provincial Health and Planning Commission to give a legal definition of e-prescription, e-prescription firstly from "legally qualified hospitals", and secondly "legally qualified physicians" issued, and then "e-prescription" to "e-prescription", and then "e-prescription" to "e-prescription". The physician" issued through the Internet information technology means, transmitted to the pharmacy terminal equipment, by the pharmacy pharmacist licensed to review before sales. In other words, a pharmacy without a licensed pharmacist, electronic prescriptions can not sell drugs.
6, encouraging pharmacists to the family doctor team
A few days ago, the Department of Primary Health issued a look at the "on doing a good job in 2018 the family doctor contracting service work of the notice", mentioning that, pharmacists are encouraged to join the family doctor team, signed a service agreement.
The introduction of this policy has given pharmacists who are limited to working in pharmacies and drugstores new work opportunities, pharmacists can not only issue and dispense medicines in pharmacies, but also make guarantees for the basic medicines of contracted residents, just like doctors.
These policies all show that the licensed pharmacist exam is constantly being emphasized, and the increase in gold content is also the trend!