The National Chamber of Pharmacists
"Acting with and for the pharmacy profession, to serve patients and public health."
The Chamber brings together all qualified pharmacists practicing in pharmaceutical settings in France.
The Chamber is a point of contact for public authorities, especially active on professional practice issues.
4 key missions
art. L.4231-1 of the public health law
- Ensuring compliance with professional ethics
- Protecting the integrity and independence of the profession
- Ensuring the professional competence of pharmacists
- Contributing to the promotion of public health and quality of care, including the safety of pharmaceutical acts
An organisation structured along sectoral and regional lines
- 1 National Council and 7 sections
Sections represent the various fields and territories of pharmacy practice
- Section A: Community pharmacy owners
- Section B: Industrial pharmacists
- Section C: Wholesale pharmacists
- Section D: Employed community pharmacists and other practices
- Section E: Pharmacists in French overseas territories (all fields of practice)
- Section G: Clinical biology pharmacists
- Section H: Pharmacists in care facilities, care and social centres, and fire & emergency services
The Chamber – Key facts
- Acting with and for the pharmacy profession, to serve patients and public health
- Status: private-law entity tasked with a public service mission
- 4 missions under the public health law
- 1 National Council, 7 Central Councils, 12 Regional Councils, 4 Overseas Delegations
- May 5th, 1945: date of inception
- 700 elected council members, who are all practicing pharmacists, represent their peers at regional level, in mainland France and in French overseas territories
- 200 staff members working for the organisation
- €38.3m annual budget
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