Scope of practice
GPs seek to protect pharmacists from prescribing risks
Authorising pharmacists to prescribe will expose employee pharmacists to “significant risks”, while delivering “poor patient health outcomes”, GPs warn In a statement responding to workforce capacity concerns raised by Professional …
Productivity Commission backs prescribing pilots
State and territory governments are being urged to following NSW and Queensland in conducting pharmacist prescribing trials Pharmacists’ and nurse practitioners’ skills are being underutilised, while GPs are performing tasks …
Scope to expand regardless of election result
Pharmacists in NSW will see their scope of practice expand no matter who wins this month’s state election Letters from the leaders of the state’s two major parties to the …
GPs to have their say on pharmacist prescriber education
Having shunned an invitation to play an active role in the development of accreditation standards for pharmacist prescriber training, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) will use a …
Pharmacists cut medicines harm in aged care: study
Data from the University of Canberra’s Pharmacists in Residential Aged Care Facilities (PiRACF) study shows on-site pharmacists can significantly reduce inappropriate use of medicines With federal government’s on-site pharmacists in …
Guild sees spike in vax training demand
Changes to legislation authorising pharmacists in Queensland to administer influenza vaccines to children aged six-months and older is fuelling demand for immunisation training Updates to Queensland’s Medicines and Poisons Act …
RACGP renews S4 paracetamol push
Proposed changes to paracetamol pack sizes are “unlikely to significantly impact the harms from overdose”, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) warns While welcoming the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s …
Continued dispensing of limited use on non-PBS items
Only those who can afford to pay will benefit from Tasmania’s new continued dispensing measures, rural pharmacists warn The program, which allows community pharmacists to provide patients with full supplies …
Double dispensing will cost jobs
Calls for the introduction of 60-day dispensing “would be a disaster for community pharmacy”, readers of the AJP warn With double dispensing back on the government’s agenda in the lead-up …
Where will the pharmacists come from?
The government is pressing ahead with plans for onsite aged care pharmacists, but many details are still to be resolved, a senior bureaucrat has revealed With the new pharmacists in …
Allow pharmacists to use professional judgement: Sim
Pharmacists have the skills and knowledge to prescribe antibiotics responsibly, Dr Fei Sim, the president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) believes Speaking during a webinar hosted by the …
APC starts developing of prescriber education programs
Days after the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) announced it would not participate in the development of accreditation standards for pharmacist prescriber training, a public consultation process has …