Policy Development

FIP Development Goal 13 Education & Workforce Element 

Globally, we will have: 

Clear and manageable strategies to implement comprehensive needs-based development of the pharmaceutical workforce throughout the entire professional career life cycle.

Mechanisms

  • Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for holistic needs-based approaches to professional development across all settings and stages.
  • Develop strategies where pharmaceutical science and professional services are the driving forces for this activity.
  • Strategies to include policies addressing pharmaceutical workforce welfare, well-being and safety in the workplace.

FIP Development Goal 13 Practice Element 

Globally, we will have: 

Clear pharmacy-led strategies to develop and implement needs- and evidence-based practice-related policies on service implementation, integration and remuneration, aligned with broader national health policies and priorities.

Mechanisms

  • Develop and implement policies and regulations through appropriate statutory and regulatory reform, that responds to patient and societal needs and extends the scope of pharmacy practice accordingly.
  • Use policy tools and regulations to support and shape pharmacy practice in all jurisdictions and provide adequate frameworks for service implementation, integration and remuneration.
  • Develop policies and mechanisms to incentivise and encourage intra- and inter-professional collaboration integrated care delivery.
  • Implement policy review systems that measure the validity, relevance, implementation and uptake of policies.
  • Develop emergency and contingency action plans to expand the scope of practice in emergency situations.

FIP Development Goal 13 Science Element 

Globally, we will have: 

Defined strategies to implement needs-based pharmaceutical policies that drive national research priorities, intellectual property protection, licensing, and pricing decisions for medical products.

Mechanisms

  • Contribute to the development of global standards in regulation.
  • Support science-based policies guiding development and assessment of medicinal & medical products.

Transforming our Workforce: Workforce Development and Education - Systems, Tools, and Navigation (2016)

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Transforming Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education in the Context of Workforce Development (2017)

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Research, Development and Evaluation Strategies for Pharmaceutical Education and the Workforce: A Global Report (2017)

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Give it a shot: Expanding immunisation coverage through pharmacists (2020)

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FIP Statement of Policy on Medicines Shortages (2020)

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FIP Regional Conference for the European Region - Delivering primary health care: Pharmacists taking the next leap forward (2020)

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WHO-FIP Developing Pharmacy Practice: A focus on patient care - Handbook (2006)

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FIP Strategic Plan: 2019 to 2024 (2019)

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FIP Statement of Policy: The role of pharmacists in promoting patient safety (2020)

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Pharmacy-based pandemic vaccination programme: Regulatory self-assessment tool (2021)

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Learnings from Policy Leaders in Pharmacy around the World

“Learnings from Policy Leaders in Pharmacy around the World: Eastern Mediterranean Region/Middle East

Learnings from Policy leaders in Pharmacy around the World

Learnings from Policy leaders in Pharmacy around the World

Enabling life-course immunisation through pharmacy-based vaccination: Launch of a new FIP policy toolkit

The role of pharmacy professionals in point-of-care testing

Have your say! Help us build your positive practice environments and shape worldwide policy for a sustainable pharmacy profession in the European and Eastern Mediterranean regions

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CPS Regional Online Workshop: Have your say! Help us build your positive practice environments and shape worldwide policy for a sustainable pharmacy profession in the Western Pacific region

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CPS Regional Online Workshop: Have your say! Help us build your positive practice environments and shape worldwide policy for a sustainable pharmacy profession in the Americas region

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Leadership summit on pharmacy-based vaccination policy and advocacy

International Conference on Advances in Pharmaceutical Drug Development, Quality Control and Regulatory Sciences” (DDRS 2020)

Working together across systems to transform vaccination policy: working with others in our professions, with other disciplines and agencies to establish sustainable policies

FIP “Setting goals for the decade ahead” | Episode 14 | FIP DG 13: Policy development

Leveraging pharmacists to minimise the impact of air pollution on health: Policy barriers and drivers

How regulations impact pharmacy technician practice

Community pharmacy regulation, access and remuneration – global trends

Removing policy barriers to pharmacist vaccinations: FIP DG 13 Policy Development

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Removing policy barriers to pharmacist vaccinations: FIP DG 13 Policy Development

The Regulatory Climate with Covid-19

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The regulatory climate with COVID-19

Moderator: Timothy Chen.
Facilitator: Tara Hehir.
Panellists: Cody Midlam, Peter Guthrey, Carolina Ung and Betty Chaar

Youth involvement in policy research + advocacy: Creating policies at a global level of FIP + IPSF

Panellists: Hera Ali and Zuzana Kusynová.

Role of regulators in addressing the WHO Patient Safety Challenge

Panelists: Dan Burns, Catherine Duggan, Leonora O'Brien and Anastasia Shiamptanis

Learnings from Policy Leaders in Pharmacy around the World: Eastern Mediterranean Region/Middle East

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The following FIP programmes of work and structures support the implementation of this Goal:

FIP Statements of Policy 

FIP Hub