scope of practice
First scope training cohort full
The North Queensland Community Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot is officially underway The Pharmacy Guild says that 175 registered community pharmacists have just embarked on higher education and training, from …
7CPA funding a “mess”; Butler
Coalition left Labor Government billions short for almost 200 health measures The Labor Government has “inherited something of mess” from the Coalition with the 7CPA massively underfunded to the tune …
Guild shakes off RACGP’s scope of practice concerns
Pharmacists are being urged to take advice from “modern day philosopher, Taylor Swift”, and “shake off” attacks from the medical profession’s peak bodies Criticism of pharmacist prescribing pilots by the …
Doc attacks ‘rules-based’ pharmacy profession
An outspoken doctor has lashed out at pharmacy prescribing, saying pharmacists don’t have the skills to make it useful Dr Evan Ackermann, a Gold Coast GP and former chair of …
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 …
Scope to expand regardless of election result
Pharmacists in NSW will see their scope of practice expand no matter who wins this month’s state election Letters from the leaders of the state’s two major parties to the …
Pilot readying for takeoff
The North Queensland Community Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot has reached its first milestone with enrolment for training now open The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland Branch President Chris Owen …
The week in review
It was all about pharmacy prescribing this week… plus a lot of business news Pharmacy prescribing was the hot topic of the week, with community pharmacies in NSW to get …
Inside the NSW pharmacist prescribing trials
The AJP speaks to lead researcher of the NSW Government’s clinical pharmacy trials, Dr Sarah Dineen-Griffin from the University of Newcastle Following the announcement that NSW would commence two pharmacist …
NSW pharmacies to offer free sick notes
NSW’s foray into increased scope of practice for community pharmacists includes free absence from work certificates NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet announced over the weekend (19 Feb 2023) that its promised …
The week in review
The debate about scope of practice continued this week, plus decisions on Covid boosters and several medications Scope of practice is still top of mind, with Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
Expanded roles for pharmacists ‘clearly out of scope’: NACCHO
Calls for the introduction of autonomous pharmacist prescribing are “clearly out of scope” for the profession, the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) believes. NACCHO CEO, Pat Turner, said …