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Quality and safety standards in pharmaceutical practices
Background & Mission
Pharmaceutical care that puts first the patient's quality of life and respects the needs of healthcare professionals and society in the provision of safe and efficient healthcare.
In continuity with the programme of activities carried out by the former Committee of Experts on Pharmaceutical Questions (P-SP-PH) under the aegis of the Partial Agreement in the Social and Public Health, the Committee CD-P-PH/PC was entrusted with a programme aimed at improving pharmaceutical care and practices in community, ambulatory and hospital care through specific programmes and policies, putting first the needs of patients and society in general, valuing the social and ethical context of healthcare.
Organisation & Work Programme
Current priorities of the Committee CD-P-PH/PC comprise the development of provisions and practices in the field of
• quality assessment in pharmaceutical practice and care in Europe through quality indicators,
• new roles of the pharmacist in Europe inter alia raising medication-related health literacy of the public,
• relevant non-European traditional therapies used in Europe,
• the feasibility of a project on quality and safety standards for pharmacy preparations is in development.
Results: reports, model approaches, guidance documents
The programme of activities takes account of earlier work co-ordinated by the former Committee P-SP-PH (Partial Agreement in the Social and Public Health) in the fields of
• medicines from uncontrolled channels, and the risks to health that these pose, particularly poorly regulated internet sales or medicines’ information, and counterfeit medicines. More information.....
• medication safety and the prevention of medication errors.
Products & Services
Events
Major events organised by the Committee of Experts P-SP-PH with impact on the current working programme:
• 2002: Expert Meeting on Medication Safety, 21-22 November, The Hague
• 1999: Seminar “The pharmacist at the crossroads of new health risks: an indispensable partner for their management", 20-22 October, Strasbourg
• 1998: Seminar “The role and training of the community pharmacist”
• 1995: Seminar “The pharmacist and the challenge of new social trends", 18-20 October, Strasbourg
Additional Information and Documentation
- Resolution ResAP (97) 2 on the development of the function of pharmacists and the adaption of their initial training
- Resolution ResAP (2001) 2 concerning the pharmacist's role in the framework of health security
- Recommendation Rec(2006)7 on management of patient safety and prevention of adverse events in health care
- Model Compaign
- 2006 Report - Creation of a better medication safety culture in Europe: Building up safe medication practices
- Resolution ResAP (2007)2 on good practices for distributing medicines via mail order which protect patient safety and the quality of the delivered medicine
- Selling and advertising of medicines on the internet
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