The Victorian Pharmacy
Authority (VPA) has issued its final
communiqué for the year with
a summary of four recent Panel
Hearings into allegations that
licensees had failed to meet their
responsibilities.
All four cases were examples of
pharmacists failing to maintain
accurate records around the
dispensing of Schedule 8 (S8)
poisons, failings relating to storage
of S8 products and/or patient
privacy issues.
Offending parties were
reprimanded, cautioned and/or
to submit to internal and external
audits.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 18 Dec 15 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 18 Dec 15
THE role and significance of community pharmacy in regional areas was a key focus of discussion for the Nationals leader David Littleproud during last week’s visit to Orana Mall Pharmacy as part of a regional tour.
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