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Target highest-risk patients first: SHPA
Advanced pharmacy crucial to improving health outcomes as SHPA welcomes 8CPA progress The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has welcomed progress made toward the 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) …
鈥�60-day scripts are here to stay, now and into the future鈥�
Health minister Mark Butler says 鈥渢hese are exciting times for the pharmacy sector,鈥� as he tells a packed plenary session about his hopes for the Unleashing the Scope review, and …
Silos, restrictions and inconsistency named as scope barriers
The first issue paper from the Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce Scope of Practice Review has highlighted existing barriers preventing pharmacists practising to their full and top of …
What is motivating pharmacists?
Pharmacists are being encouraged to have their say on everything from income and job satisfaction to leaving the profession The聽Pharmacy in Australia: Measuring Employment, Labour decisions and Activity聽(PAMELA) pharmacist workforce …
Vision for 2030 on the way
The PSA foresaw 鈥渁 true primary healthcare crisis鈥� experienced by pharmacists in 2023, it says in its public annual report The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has released its 2022-23 annual …
10 actions to change the pharmacy workforce
FIP issues a workforce transformation call towards a range of progressive pharmacy roles On the fifth anniversary of the Astana Declaration on primary health care (25 October 2023), the International …
The week in review
Double dispensing is still ranking high in the headlines, plus organisations are looking for some key members The Community and Pharmacy Support Group claimed that Wesfarmers‘ InstantScripts had set to …
The week in review
It was a busy week in Canberra, as pharmacists rallied against 60-day dispensing and voiced their displeasure According to CAPS, around 2,500 pharmacists from around the country gathered outside Parliament …
Too many snakes, not enough ladders
From a record high in November 2022, the announcement of the Government鈥檚 60-day dispensing policy is crippling confidence in the community pharmacy sector, writes Nick O鈥橠onoghue聽 Data from the latest …
Research priorities revealed
The federal government has released its Primary Health Research Plan, developed to guide Medical Research Future Fund investments The plan has been developed by an independent expert advisory panel to …
Support to help 鈥榗ement鈥� pharmacy鈥檚 future
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the National Australian Pharmacy Students鈥� Association have reaffirmed their longstanding partnership The partnership is aimed at enhancing support for pharmacy students at 18 universities …
Consistent approach and collaborative care needed: SHPA
SHPA welcome a聽review into the role of health professionals in prescribing to strengthen Australia’s strained health system聽 The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has welcomed the federal government鈥檚 announcement …