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scope of practice


A state government is investing $5 million to fund post-graduate training to enable pharmacists to deliver expanded services to their communities  Funding will be allocated to subsidised training for Tasmanian …

Guild calls on a state government to align pharmacists’ scope of practice with other jurisdictions  Victorian Premier, Jacinta Allan, is being encouraged to add services trialed as part of the …

Guild seeks nationwide scope expansion to provide better access to asthma care  State and territory governments should follow Queensland’s lead in authorising pharmacists to provide asthma treatment plans and support patients …

With Australia’s health system facing a range of challenges, the expansion for pharmacists’ scope of practice is enabling the profession to play a key role, writes Pharmacy 777 managing director, …

New program to enhance pharmacists’ qualifications and scope of practice  Registered pharmacists will be able to access the title Doctor of Pharmacy through one-year online program being launched by the …

Most pharmacists involved in scope of practice trials plan to continue services if given the green light  More than 90% of pharmacists who have participated in state-based scope of practice …

Majority of pharmacists believe expanding scope will be key to the future professional and economic viability of community pharmacy  More than 60% of community pharmacists feel expanding the profession’s scope …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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, …