On August 28th last year, the State Council issued a guiding document on deepening the reform of medical and health system, put forward the key tasks in the second half of 20 18, and formulated the classified management of retail pharmacies. Three months later, the Ministry of Commerce issued the "Guiding Opinions on Classified Management of National Retail Pharmacy (Draft for Comment)" for public consultation.
If there are no accidents, the classified management documents of pharmacies will be issued in early 20 19, and then promoted nationwide. After the classified management of pharmacies was implemented in Guangdong, the demand for licensed pharmacists increased sharply. If classified management is promoted nationwide, it is estimated that the demand for licensed pharmacists will be greatly improved nationwide.
Two, pharmacies must be equipped with licensed pharmacists.
At the beginning of 20 17, the State Council released the 13th Five-Year Plan for Drug Safety, which mentioned that by the end of 2020, the allocation strategy of licensed pharmacists began to change to serve the population, and it was stipulated that "the number of licensed pharmacists per 10,000 population exceeded 4", which laid the foundation and development direction.
With the introduction of classified management documents of pharmacies, licensed pharmacists will become the standard of pharmacies. Yamatonokusushi, a pharmacy that has no licensed pharmacist and has the behavior of hanging the certificate, will be punished except for the types of drugs sold.
Third, micro-diagnosis, remote prescription review and electronic prescription are further popularized.
Micro-diagnosis, remote prescription audit and electronic prescription, as the first means for pharmacies to undertake prescription outflow, have been piloted in Hunan, Hubei, Shandong, Guangdong, Hainan, Tianjin and other provinces and received good feedback. 20 18, which was popularized in many areas. Once widely circulated or recognized by the public, it will be further promoted on 20 19.
Remote examination can realize that one licensed pharmacist can serve many stores, which opens the door for licensed pharmacists to serve patients online, meets the demand of licensed pharmacists in today's market and alleviates the problem of illegal sales of prescription drugs. It is a new opportunity for licensed pharmacists and pharmacies.
Fourthly, the intelligentization of pharmacies has a certain impact on the employment of licensed pharmacists.
With the attention of domestic Internet companies such as Ali, Tencent and JD.COM to pharmaceutical retail, a series of intelligent hardware frequently appeared, Alipay launched the future pharmacy, WeChat launched the smart pharmacy, and JD.COM launched the unmanned medicine cabinet ...
Many experts said that the realization of pharmacy intelligence greatly reduced the workload of licensed pharmacists, but it also had a certain impact on the employment of licensed pharmacists. In the face of the intelligence of pharmacies, everyone should constantly improve their skills and avoid being eliminated.
Fifth, pharmacies need more professionals.
The State Council issued a document saying that clinics and private hospitals can open pharmacies, Beijing has introduced rectification, and convenience stores can sell medicines. These two measures are undoubtedly telling pharmacies that selling drugs cannot provide professional services, but clinics and private hospitals can do it, but if convenience cannot be provided, chain convenience stores can do it. Only by meeting the needs of specialization, plus high-quality service and convenience, such pharmacies will not be eliminated by the market. In the future, pharmacies need not only licensed pharmacists, but also professional licensed pharmacists.
Six, accelerate the improvement of the ability of licensed pharmacists
From September, 2065438 to September, 2008, the Licensed Pharmacist Qualification Certification Center of the State Administration of Pharmaceutical Products began to investigate the training standards and the accreditation standards of training bases for licensed pharmacists. This shows that the policy of improving the ability of licensed pharmacists at the government level is brewing.
In addition, capacity improvement at the market level has been ongoing. From 2065438 to May 2008, Shandong Province established a training base for licensed pharmacists in social pharmacies, and plans to transplant the standardized training mode of clinical pharmacists to the professional service training of licensed pharmacists. Subsequently, various medical associations also held various forms of pharmacist skill competitions to help licensed pharmacists improve their ability and serve patients.
Seven, licensed pharmacists can dock with professional titles.
Under the premise of controlling the entrance examination, licensed pharmacists also need to reflect the value created for patients and the market through grading. The docking of professional qualifications and professional titles is a solution. The Opinions on Deepening the Reform of Professional Title System issued in June, 20 17 stipulates that "professional and technical personnel can be recognized as having corresponding series and levels of professional titles after obtaining professional qualifications, which can be used as a condition for declaring a higher-level professional title".