Focus Areas

Advocacy

Membership

Governance

Data Analytics

Focus Area: Advocacy

Advocacy Strategy

There are 2 main advocacy strategies, to represent the compounding industry as stakeholders and facilitate contemporary compounding discussion between industry, regulators, and the public.

Advocacy Outcome

  1. To promote the practice of Compounding within the healthcare system

  2. To be a point of reference and liaison between stakeholders and other interest groups

  3. To act as an advocate on compounding matters

  4. To promote and facilitate communications with the press, public and other interest groups on matters concerning pharmacy compounding

Advocacy Measurables

  1. Introduce ASCP to Regulators, Peak Bodies & compounding pharmacies

  2. Stakeholder meetings with PBA, PCNSW, VPA, QLD Health, PDL

  3. Submit stakeholder perspectives in upcoming Regulatory changes related to compounding eg APF, PBA, APHRA

  4. Publish at least one article per year in the press

Focus Area: Membership

Membership Strategy

The 2 key strategies are to build and grow a strong membership and facilitate collaboration between members and the public.

Membership Outcomes

  1. To develop and facilitate communications between members and/or the ASCP

  2. To promote standards of good practice

  3. To assist in external promotion of members, to the public and other health professionals

Membership Measurables

  1. Develop a membership login on the ASCP website for member forum communication

  2. Maintain resources for members on the ASCP website, including relevant communications from other bodies

  3. Create a membership recruitment & strategy plan that will aim to enroll one hundred (100) members by December 2022

Focus Area: Governance

Governance Strategy

As the ASCP association continues to grow, the board recognize the importance of focusing on organisational governance. The strategy will be to build strong foundations including appropriate resourcing and accountability.

Governance Outcomes

  1. Our aim is to maintain a well governed and high performing organisation

  2. Ensure a sustainable organisation that ethically represents the compounding pharmacy industry and ASCP membership

  3. Board members that work to the pharmacist code of ethics to fairly represent the ASCP vision, mission, and purpose

Governance Measurables

  1. Ensure compliance, focus and reference to Strategic Plan at meetings and in decisions

  2. Regular scheduled meetings & improved free communication with other Stakeholders

  3. Work must reflect compliance to codes of ethics and ASCP vision, mission and purpose eg State conflicts of interest

Focus Area: Data Analytics

Data Analytics Strategy

Through collection, secure storage and appropriate usage, the ASCP committee have identified the importance of data in shaping the industry growth through the 5 years, around Australia.

Data Analytics Outcome

  1. Collection, processing and analysis of patient, membership and health information data related to compounding practice

  2. Presentation of data to members and external parties through the ‘State of the compounding industry’ for the advancement of the compounding pharmacy industry

Data Analytics Measurables

  1. Interim Reports based on meetings with Regulators and Peak Bodies

  2. Annual “State of the industry” Report by 2026