The licensed pharmacist supervision app is here

Pharmacy supervision system to check the status of licensed pharmacists

Recently, the Beijing Haidian District Market Supervision Bureau announced that in terms of drug supervision, a "smart pharmacy" supervision system has been built.

According to relevant personnel of the supervision department, the "smart pharmacy" supervision system can remotely monitor the operation of pharmacies, air temperature, humidity, etc.

It is worth noting that the "smart pharmacy" supervision system also has a key function-to check whether licensed pharmacists are on duty and whether they sell prescription drugs by prescription, so as to better regulate the on-the-job behavior of licensed pharmacists

Online supervision of licensed pharmacists has been implemented in many places

A review found that the use of Internet platforms such as "smart pharmacies" to monitor the on-the-job status of licensed pharmacists is not a move in Haidian, Beijing

In March this year, Ruian City, Zhejiang Province, launched the "Ruian Pharmacy Supervisory Assistant" App.

In December 2020, Ningxia announced that by the end of 2022, 80% of retail pharmacies in Ningxia will meet the construction standards of “Sunshine Pharmacies” and implement dynamic management, so as to effectively solve the problem of the existence of retail pharmacies where licensed pharmacists are not performing their duties and prescription drugs are sold without prescriptions.

According to Jingdezhen's online news, in September 2020, Jingdezhen City launched a pilot program for a licensed pharmacist management system, which integrates various functions such as continuing education, academic qualification improvement, and market supervision, and can implement GPS positioning and face recognition attendance for pharmacists

The state issued a document to severely crack down on the “licensing” behavior of licensed pharmacists

Not only have various localities successively introduced regulatory systems to eliminate the practice of “leaving their jobs” from the level of digital supervision, but the relevant state departments have already issued a clear document to severely crack down on the “licensing” behavior of licensed pharmacists

In March 2019, the State Food and Drug Administration issued the “Notice on Carrying out the Remediation of the “Approval” of Licensed Pharmacists in Pharmaceutical Retail Enterprises”, stating that a six-month “licensing” of licensed pharmacists in pharmaceutical retail enterprises will be carried out nationwide.

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In the same month, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security also issued a document stating that it attaches great importance to the behavior of “certification” and will cooperate with the requirements of relevant departments to continue to combat the high pressure of “certification”

Few licensed pharmacists on the job, income is the key factor

According to data from the National Medical Products Administration Licensed Pharmacist Qualification Certification Center, as of the end of April 2021, the cumulative number of licensed pharmacists nationwide during the validity period was 612,404, an increase of 10,367 from the previous month

Insiders pointed out that from official data, the current number of licensed pharmacists meets market demand, but the number of licensed pharmacists on the job is low.

In an interview, Yang Guiyuan, president of the Gansu Practicing Pharmacists Association, said that in order to truly return licensed pharmacists to pharmaceutical services, it is necessary to change the income model and evaluation model of licensed pharmacists, starting from the employment environment and social recognition