pharmacist prescribing
Defining roles: Part 2
Pharmacist prescribing may present concerns to the average GP, but evidence shows it may improve access to healthcare for patients. How could such a model work in everyone’s favour? This …
Competency standards framework endorsed
Pharmacy Practitioner Development Committee updates on revised competency standards, advanced practice pharmacists and pharmacist prescribing As of the PPDC meeting late last year, all PPDC member organisations have now endorsed …
The week in review
We take a look back at the last week in pharmacy As we head towards Christmas and the end of 2016, life goes on in the pharmacy industry. And life’s …
Pharmacists as good as doctors at prescribing: Cochrane Review
A new Cochrane review has found pharmacist prescribers are comparable to medical prescribers for chronic disease outcomes The review, led by the researchers from Monash University’s Faculty of Pharmacy and …
GP role is within current pharmacist scope of practice: PSA
The PSA has stressed that its model for pharmacists to be integrated into GP clinics incorporates roles that are within the pharmacist’s current scope of practice. Acting national president of …