pharmacist prescribing
Pharmacy trials again under fire
“An absurd and dangerous watering down of patient and primary care”: AMA returns the heat on prescribing and UTI trials, but Guild says it’s all lies Another war of words …
Pharmacy prescribing pilot ‘due to commence any day now’
AMA emergency town hall condemns North Qld pharmacy pilot as “a dangerous experiment”, arguing it will put pharmacists under “extraordinary pressure” Attendees of an emergency town hall meeting hosted by …
‘We make no apology for putting patients first.’
Guild defends pharmacy scope of practice trial, as GP group withdraws advisory committee representative in protest The Pharmacy Guild has defended the “full scope of practice” trial for community pharmacists …
‘Pharmacists playing doctors’: National council speaks out
GP groups have banded together to call for the pharmacist “full scope” pilot to be “ceased immediately” A recently leaked confidential draft report revealed a proposed pilot would see pharmacists …
World news wrapup: 10 February 2022
Pressure rising as UK pharmacists shouted at, insulted; popular program and opening hours extended in Malta; all Scottish patient-facing pharmacists to be independent prescribers? UK: A new survey has highlighted …
Pharmacists to become ‘de facto’ GPs?
Patients could pay up to $55 for pharmacist consults in a “full scope” trial which has doctors up in arms The AMA has attacked a “confidential proposal to expand the …
Pharmacy UTI pilot extended
More than 6,300 women have so far accessed the service Queensland Health has extended the Urinary Tract Infection Pharmacy Pilot – Queensland (UTIPP-Q) until 30 June 2022, the Guild, the …
World news wrapup: 8 October 2020
“Brutal cold bullying behaviours” of chain employers highlighted; APhA hopes to break Pharmacy Benefit Managers power; scope widens for some in NZ UK: Large pharmacy chains are exhibiting “brutal cold …
Pharmacists ‘not currently qualified’ for UTI trial
A pharmacist and several doctors have again called for the Queensland UTI trial to be halted, citing concerns about antimicrobial resistance Senior Infectious Diseases Pharmacist, Aryan Shahabi-Sirjani, Chair of the …
Docs accuse pharmacists of ‘bargain basement’ health care
Doctors say they are “outraged” by the commencement of the Queensland UTI prescribing trial, but the Pharmacy Guild has hit back, saying medicos are using “old scare campaigns” The Urinary …
Is pharmacist prescribing the ‘holy grail’ for the profession?
Pharmacist prescribing in Australia is nearly two decades behind that in the UK, but will doctors manage to retain medical dominance? There is room for further acceptance of prescribing as …
Arguing the case
Leading researchers argue for why pharmacist prescribing should be autonomous, and criticise language surrounding emergency provisions during the Australian bushfires The case for pharmacist prescribing and what this should look …