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Membership
Professional Services
Mediation
Liaison
Publications
Continuing Professional Development
Book Department
Professional Indemnity Plan (PIP)
Bursaries (FPE)
Professional Provident Society |
Membership
Membership of the Society facilitates access for the member to the community of pharmacists in South Africa. Dependant on his or her area of interest, the member may affiliate to one or more of the sectors and associated bodies of the Society.
Upon joining the Society, the pharmacist receives a certificate of membership and he or she is entitled to include MPS after his or her name on documents, denoting membership of the Society.
All paid-up members are issued with a membership card each year.
| Professional Services
A major function of the Pharmaceutical Society revolves around the broad subject of Professional Services. While these services are not overt and visible at all times to the general membership of the profession, they account for a major portion of the Society's activities and have an important bearing on the development of the profession.
The Professional Department of the Society involves the following:-
Reviewing and addressing healthcare legislation for examples:-
Medicines and Related Substances Control Act
Pharmacy Act
National Health Insurance
Medical Schemes Act
Veterinary Medicines (Act 36)
Competition Act
Reviewing and addressing for example:-
Tariff issues
Resolutions from AGMs
Permits
Postal Delivery of medicines
Pharmaceutical Care
Queries of members | Mediation
Where called upon the Society mediates on issues arising between the public and the member. | Liaison
The Society also liaises with various organisations including the following:-
The Pharmacy Council
Department of Health
Portfolio Committee on Health
Ministry of Health
Board of Healthcare Funders
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
National Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers
World Health Organisation
Medicines Control Council
Health Forums
Associated Pharmaceutical Organisations - local and overseas
Media on pharmaceutical and health matters | Publications
The members of the Society receive monthly issues of the SA Pharmaceutical Journal which is the mouthpiece for organised pharmacy. Members are encouraged to use it to express their viewpoints.
Non-members are able to receive the SA Pharmaceutical Journal by paying an annual subscription, plus postage in the case of overborder deliveries.
The member also receives newsletters issued by the Society, addressing important matters which may not have reached the SAPJ in time for publication.
The Society has a full set of Journals to which members may refer for research purposes. | Continuing Professional Development
Branches and sectors of the Society, directly or in association with service providers, develop and present Continuing Education programmes for their members. | Book Department
A wide range of publications is available from the Book Department. Preferential rates are provided to members. If the list does not include a title you need, discuss the matter with the Book Department - they are eager to oblige. | Professional Indemnity Plan (PIP)
The practising pharmacist involved in providing pharmaceutical services to the public is in need of Professional Indemnity Insurance. The Pharmaceutical Society's Professional Indemnity Plan provides comprehensive cover for members who take advantage of this service. This service also extends to student members of the Society. | Bursaries (FPE)
Through the Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education the Pharmaceutical Society promotes and administers the availability of bursaries and loans for undergraduate study of pharmacy at recognised institutions in SA from the second year of study onwards. In addition the Foundation also makes bursaries available for postgraduate study in pharmacy related subjects. | Professional Provident Society
As a member of the Pharmaceutical Society, you have the opportunity of applying for membership of the PPS. The PPS offers amongst other benefits provident fund and medical benefit services to its members. |
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