A province adds nearly 10,000 licensed pharmacists

14 provinces announced the qualified list of licensed pharmacists, and a total of 41,928 people passed the exam

9,766 people in Guangdong passed the licensed pharmacist exam

Recently, 14 provinces (municipalities/autonomous regions) have successively announced the list of qualified persons in the licensed pharmacist examination (reply to "2021+province" in the background to obtain the link to the publicity list, see the end of the article for details), and more than 40,000 people have passed the 2021 exam , After the review, the licensed pharmacist qualification certificate will be officially obtained

Among the 14 provinces that have been announced, Guangdong Province has the largest number of people who have passed the examination for licensed pharmacists this year, with a total of 9,766 people; followed by Shandong Province, with a total of 5,693 people passing the examination for licensed pharmacists; Sichuan Province has 5,595 people who passed the examination for licensed pharmacists, located in third place

In addition to the provinces that have announced the list, Jiangsu and Chongqing have also issued review notices.

Candidates who pass the review results and have no objection in the publicity will report to the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Examination Center to print the certificate uniformly.

Large regional differences, differentiated equipment is still the mainstream

The latest data from the State Food and Drug Administration shows that as of the end of November 2021, the cumulative number of registered pharmacists nationwide was 637,600 within the validity period, and the number of licensed pharmacists per 10,000 population was 4.

However, from the data published above, we can see that the growth rate of licensed pharmacists in different provinces varies greatly

In this regard, China is still implementing the policy of differentiated allocation of licensed pharmacists

For example, the Liaoning Provincial Food and Drug Administration issued in May last year the "Notice on Regulating the Differentiation and Use of Licensed Pharmacists in Drug Retail Enterprises (Draft for Comment)", which mentioned that in the township and rural areas where there is an obvious shortage of licensed pharmacists, the operation of prescription drugs .

In addition, the validity period of qualified practicing pharmacists has also been extended from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025.

In addition to Liaoning, Anhui, Shaanxi, Ningxia and other places have also issued relevant regulations

Although the goal set in the "13th Five-Year Plan" has been achieved, compared with the standard published by the World Pharmacy Federation, "there should be 6.