Since this year, 99 professional pharmacists in Guangdong Province have been notified for "registration"

[industry trends of pharmaceutical network] on August 9, Guangdong Provincial Food and Drug Administration issued a circular on the inspection of licensed pharmacists' behaviors in drug trading enterprises 55 licensed pharmacists were notified because of their "licenses" and 48 of them had their registration certificates cancelled The circular stressed that the Municipal Drug regulatory authorities should continue to strengthen the supervision and inspection of the allocation and use of licensed pharmacists in drug trading enterprises All localities shall promptly report the verified licensed licensed pharmacists to the Provincial Bureau, which shall make them public to the public and cancel their registration certificates As for the drug handling enterprises that have "hang the license", if they provide false information or obtain the "certificate of quality management standard for drug handling" and "drug handling license" by deception, they shall be dealt with severely according to the regulations It is understood that this is the second time since August that Guangdong Provincial Food and drug administration has issued a notice on licensed pharmacists' registration On August 1 this year, Guangdong Province announced 28 licensed pharmacists who had "hang up their licenses" On January 2, 2019, Guangdong Drug Administration issued a notice to severely deal with the eight licensed pharmacists found in the inspection, and requested to continue to increase the supervision and inspection of the allocation and use of licensed pharmacists in drug trading enterprises On June 25, Guangdong food and Drug Administration issued a circular on the inspection of licensed pharmacists' behaviors in drug trading enterprises, and 8 licensed pharmacists were notified Statistics show that since this year, Guangdong Provincial Drug Administration has notified 99 licensed professional pharmacists In addition to Guangdong Province, all regions are also cracking down on the illegal behaviors of licensed pharmacists It is not uncommon for licensed pharmacists to be investigated and notified In view of the situation of "hang license", some places exposed the personal information of licensed pharmacists, revoked the license of licensed pharmacists, and some used the means of revoking the GSP certificate of drugstores and blacklisting In fact, pharmacists' life has become more and more difficult since the exposure of pharmacists' behavior of registration on March 15 Many pharmacists also said that there was a real intention behind the "certificate hanging" For a long time, the gap between licensed pharmacists is obvious According to the 13th five year plan for national drug safety, by 2020, the number of licensed pharmacists per 10000 population will exceed 4, and the main managers of all retail pharmacies will have the qualification of licensed pharmacists, who will guide the rational use of drugs when they are in business In other words, every retail drugstore will be equipped with at least two licensed pharmacists in the future How many pharmacists are there now? According to industry statistics, by the end of 2018, the total number of qualified pharmacists in China has reached 1.03 million, including 418000 registered in social pharmacies There are more than 450000 pharmacies in China According to the planning requirements, at least 90 licensed pharmacists are required to serve retail pharmacies It can be seen that the gap of professional pharmacists is still large In addition to the shortage of pharmacists, the professionalism of pharmacists also needs to be improved With the improvement of the examination threshold for licensed pharmacists, it will undoubtedly cause difficulties for pharmacists to supply Some pharmacists also said that professional pharmacists have low wages and weak sense of value, so many pharmacists will look for a higher paid job in addition to the income from registration But for pharmacies, because of the high operating cost, fierce competition and low income, it is difficult to bear the higher salary expenses of licensed pharmacists However, in general, it is illegal for the professional pharmacists to hang the license, which is not conducive to the rational guidance of patients' safe medication, and it needs to be firmly resisted In view of the current situation of licensed pharmacists, many places have been promoting remote audit, or alleviating the problem of uneven distribution of licensed pharmacists among regions.