Productivity Commission
Productivity Commission backs supermarket pharmacies
Pharmacy’s location and ownership rules designed to boost accessibility may be falling short of their original purpose, the Productivity Commission believes Australian governments are being urged to review the current …
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 …
Location rules ‘could be changed by governments immediately:’ report
Rules help “establish local monopolies” and have left population-to-pharmacy ratios 50% worse than when introduced, says Productivity Commission Location and ownership rules have been slammed as uncompetitive and leading to …
Medicines the weak link in strong supply chain: report
Productivity Commission report says chemicals for medicine manufacturing a risk area The import of chemicals used to manufacture medicines was one of few areas of vulnerability in Australia’s supply chain, …
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Pharmacy organisations have responded to a Productivity Commission report that reveals there were nearly 3 million avoidable emergency presentations in 2017-18 Nationally there were around 2.9 million “avoidable” presentations to …
Why is pharmacy so hard to understand?
Why do those conducting industry reviews feel that pharmacists are so easily pushed aside? wonders Carlene McMaugh Pharmacy is currently the subject of a number of government and industry reviews: …
Report calls for end of community pharmacy model
A Productivity Commission report, tabled in Parliament this week, has recommended community pharmacists be replaced by automated dispensing and a sub-class of “supervisors” The Shifting the Dial report, sent to …
Pharmacy could ease ED pressure: Guild
The Productivity Commission’s new report on primary and community health has identified avoidable pressure on hospital emergency departments, which highlight scope for Australia’s community pharmacies to help, says the Pharmacy …