How can you expect to have good self-regulation when Registration Boards and
Professional Societies are separated? The UK Royal Pharmaceutical Society
and the Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australian (whose Council is a
registering body) seem to be among the few truly 'professional' bodies
around. How many other places, even within our disciplines, are as truly
"self governing" as professions ought to be? How far has our
professionalism been retarded and denigrated by our lack of demonstrated
capability to take care of our own affairs in a thorough and public
acceptable manner! If we were a proper and truly independent profession, and
kept that publicly accountable (ie; we properly applied the idea of
"corporate governance" ) we could be empowered to regulate all improper
practice that threatens public safety. Well, one can hope!
We need more lay reps on our registration and disciplinary
Councils/Committees, and a lot more transparency in our various dealings to
convince public or Government to even let us retain what professionalism we
do have, let get back to what ought to have been there in the first place.
Let's face it, most places got it wrong to start with, and self interest
perpetuates those errors in its own cause. But what has this to do with
Pharmaceutical Care - the forum in which these communications are appearing?
This I suppose: that if you wish to have top standards you must have top
backing by those responsible for governance and public accountability. If
our professional activity were really valued, we'd have no problems getting
support for the right kinds of professional control for the achievement of
the highest public good.
Ray Skinner
Perth WA
-----Original Message-----
From: James Earl Casey [mailto:jcasey@lynnspharmacy.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 February 2000 0:40
To: PharmCare
Subject: Re: Regulation of online Pharmacies
Dear Joe,
We must unite under a cause to help each other to battle the
war of
control...are
we going to control us or is someone else will have
to do the job!
jcasey@lynnspharmacy.com
JoeFLRPh@aol.com wrote:
> Regulation of pharmacy pracice is controlled by
individual states and must be
> addressed by the respective boards of pharmacy.
> Do you really want the Feds controlling your practice?
Once they take hold
> in one area, rest assured, they will insidiously attempt
to control even more
> areas they feel are "in the best interest" of the public
to control.
> Wouldn'y you feel insulted if the government came in and
regulated what you
> are fully capable of regulating on your own?
> Just a thought.
>
> Joe Haynes, C.R.Ph.
> joeflrph@aol.com
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