Scope of practice
APC opens applications for aged care pharmacist training courses
Education providers can now apply to have their medication management review (MMR) and aged care on-site pharmacist training programs accredited The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) is now accepting applications for …
Doctors walk away from another pharmacy trial
AMA quits Victorian clinical advisory group ahead of pharmacy prescribing trial “Serious and escalating concerns” over Victoria’s planned pharmacist prescribing pilot are behind the Australian Medical Association’s (AMA’s) decision …
Second round of pharmacist prescriber training consultations underway
Stakeholders invited to participate in the second round of public consultations for the accreditation standards for pharmacist prescriber education programs The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) has commenced its second phase …
Grassroots GPs back scope expansion: Twomey
General practitioners in northern Queensland are happily supporting efforts to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice Despite criticism from medical organisations GPs are happy to see pharmacists play a greater role …
NSW ‘keen’ to expand pharmacists’ scope
NSW is set to implement a state-wide scope of practice trial mirroring the North Queensland Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot Expanding community pharmacists’ scope of practice will deliver benefits to …
Full scope now essential to health system
Government urged to “heed the warnings of the Intergenerational Report” and utilise pharmacists to the top of their scope of practice Australia needs to engage pharmacists to work to their …
Let doctors diagnose and pharmacists prescribe
Pharmacist prescribing could cut medication use and improve patient outcomes, expert claims Patients could be better off if doctors were to deliver diagnoses and leave decisions around medications to pharmacists, …
Intergenerational Report highlights need for full scope
Australia urgently needs to empower pharmacists to work to their full scope of practice, to ease pressure on the health system Utilising the full range of pharmacists’ skills and knowledge …
Health system needs change for deprescribing
Australia’s healthcare system needs to be reformed to better support deprescribing, expert says Efforts to improve quality use of medicines in Australia are being limited by the current health system, …
Tramadol to join anti-doping list
Pharmacists are being urged to familiarise themselves with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) list of prohibited substances Opioid medication, tramadol, will be added to the international anti-doping prohibited list when …
State government to top up ORT payments
Community pharmacies in one jurisdiction are set to receive additional payments to deliver Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) funded opioid replacement therapy The Tasmanian government will provide top up payments …
SHPA launches deprescribing campaign
Hospital pharmacists are looking to empower patients and their carers to engage with health professionals to optimise their medication regimens The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) in partnership with …