Focus Areas

Advocacy

Membership

Governance

Focus Area: Advocacy

Advocacy Strategy

There are two 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 and Compounding Pharmacies.

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

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

  4. Publish a minimum of one article per year in the pharmacy press

Focus Area: Membership

Membership Strategy

The two key strategies are to build then 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 and strategy plan that will aim to enrol one hundred (100) paid members by June 2025

Focus Area: Governance

Governance Strategy

As the ASCP continues to grow, the board recognizes 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 the annual Strategic Plan at meetings and in decisions

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

  3. Work must reflect compliance to pharmacist code of ethics and ASCP vision, mission and purpose e.g. state conflicts of interest