The official publication of the South African Pharmacy Council
The dreaded moment arrives when you open your email and there is a notification from Council, in the opening paragraph that has the words, “… please be informed that Council received a complaint, and it is alleged that …”
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Fees payable to the South African Pharmacy Council for the 2017 financial year. Please note that if you want your registration to be effective from 1 January 2017, you should pay the fees scheduled for 2017 and not for 2016.
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Did you know you are liable to be charged with unprofessional conduct if you give someone your online password? Providing a third party with access to your secure site on Council’s website comprises the protection of personal information and leaves you open to disciplinary action.
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As the health department’s preparations for the introduction of the National Health Insurance continue, Department of Health Deputy Director-General, Dr Anban Pillay, has called on pharmacists to carefully think about the services they provide to their communities and the ways in which pharmacists could be freed from dispensing duties to better interact with patients. He advised delegates at the 2nd National Pharmacy Conference that pharmacists needed to broaden their outlook on the services they provided.
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Council regrettably bade farewell to fellow colleagues Vuyo Mokoena and Thabo Litabe and wishes them well in their new careers. Council is pleased to introduce its new appointees and extends them a warm welcome.
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A worrying issue that appears to be occurring more frequently in the health industry is the rise in legal action involving medical or dispensing errors. Medical errors and accidents featured on the agenda at the 2nd National Pharmacy Conference, and presentations were delivered on the possible reasons for the increase in costly legal malpractice suits.
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Council, in keeping abreast of good pharmacy practice, from time to time publishes minimum standards for inclusion in Annexure A of the Rules relating to good pharmacy practice. Council has approved five minimum standards for implementation and one minimum standard for publication for comment.
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