scope of practice
Take us off the bench: Twomey
Guild leader backs pharmacists to support state health system as doctors strike Community pharmacists are ready to step in to assist patients in NSW, as hospital doctors take industrial action …
Medicines affordability ‘an endemic issue’
Cutting PBS co-payment a welcome step, but more needs to be done to improve healthcare affordability, patient advocacy group says Medicines affordability is a more significant issue than people realise, …
‘We are our own biggest barrier’: Twomey
Self-doubt is holding pharmacists back from embracing full scope of practice, one of Australia’s first prescribing pharmacists says Pharmacists working to their full scope of practice will be “transformational” for …
Services to be key to 9CPA
Pharmacy owners get four years’ warning to embrace full scope of practice or risk missing out on funding in the 9CPA Pharmacies that do not implement new services as the …
Rural pharmacies seek funding for service delivery
Government urged to fund “an innovative pilot” to support rural pharmacies to deliver on expanded scope Financial constraints are preventing remote pharmacies from participating in the provision of new services, …
Pharmacy skin conditions trial extended
State government extends trial due to “lower-than-anticipated consumer uptake” Pharmacists participating in the dermatology component of the NSW community pharmacy trial will be able to continue to treat minor skin …
OTC pill supply to ‘complement medical care’
Government trial will make it easier for women to continue using oral contraceptives, a pharmacist says Allowing pharmacists to dispense oral contraceptives without prescriptions will help reduce the risk of …
OTC pill access ‘timely and necessary’
Expert backs national trial of pharmacist prescribing to improve access to oral contraceptives The federal government’s $100 million national trials authorising pharmacists to dispense oral contraceptives over-the-counter and to treat …
Pharmacist pill provision a cost saver: economist
Benefits of over-the-counter oral contraceptives outweigh risks, according to a health economist Over-the-counter provision of oral contraceptives will boos access to the medicine and deliver significant savings Associate Professor …
Expanded scope – ‘what real reform looks like’
Pharmacist scope of practice trial is laying the foundations “for an even bigger expansion of pharmacy services”, politician says Moves to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice are improving access to …
‘Without the right investment, these pressures will only increase’
WA Liberals pledge to allow community pharmacies to dispense specialist medications currently only affordable through hospitals WA Liberal Leader and Shadow Health Minister Libby Mettam was in Kalamunda to announce …
Scope expansion will benefit patients: Guild
Expansion of paramedics’ scope of practice an “important step towards improving access to healthcare”, Guild leader says Legislation authorising Victorian paramedics to assess, diagnose and treat patients is being welcomed …