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Scope of practice


Queensland to authorise pharmacists to prescribe hormonal contraceptives from July  Community pharmacists in Queensland will be able to prescribe hormonal contraceptives to women aged 16 years and older under a …

Evidence will be key to ensuring pharmacist prescribing for UTIs becomes “usual practice” in NSW and ACT from May, researcher says  Data from Australia’s only clinical pharmacist prescribing trial is …

Discussions at the 2024 Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference (APP) covered a range of issues including the 8CPA, 60-day dispensing and the need to embrace full scope of practice.  “If you …

RACGP president questions pharmacists’ motivation in wanting rights to prescribe Covid-19 antivirals  Steps to ensure “there are no perverse incentives for prescribing” need to be taken before pharmacists could be allowed …

Government says “no” to funding pharmacist prescribing of Covid-19 antiviral medications  Labor will not implement a recommendation from the House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport, to allow pharmacists …

A state government adds skin conditions to pharmacists’ scope as part of prescribing trial  Pharmacists will soon be able to treat shingles and mild plaque psoriasis, under Victoria’s Community Pharmacist …

Terminally ill patients given improved access to end-of-life medications through community pharmacy network  Select community pharmacies across South Australia are now stocking palliative care medications as part of a measure …

Governments can secure “substantial cost-savings” by extending health practitioners’ scope of practice, a report from the OECD says  Implementing measured to enable non-physicians to work to their full scope of …

Australia cannot wait for natural disasters to strike before implementing measures to protect patient safety, PSA leaders say  Temporary measures enabling pharmacists to provide PBS medicines to patients impacted by …

Declining bulk billing rates suggest the government needs to look at alternatives to throwing money at GPs to boost access to primary care, a Guild leader says  Bulk billing incentives …

Government urged to remove barriers blocking community pharmacists from providing National Immunisation Program (NIP) vaccines outside of pharmacies  Urgent changes to the NIP Vaccination in Pharmacy (VIP) program rules need …

Health minister keen to embrace skincare role for pharmacists to ease pressure on health system  Extending pharmacists’ scope of practice to include the treatment of certain skin conditions will improve access …