Advanced Pharmacy Practice A Consultation Paper for the Pharmacy Profession
AustraliaMarch,2012 Executive Summary Professional Pharmacy Practice has both a horizontal and a vertical dimension. The horizontal dimension, or breadth of practice, is described by the term ‘scope of practice’. The vertical dimension, or…
Australian Pharmacist Examines Immunisation Debate
Australia9 April 2012 In-pharmacy immunisation programs have long been on the wish list of those seeking to broaden community pharmacy’s role in health care and in this month’s Australian Pharmacist the issued is examined in detail. Immunisation…
Weekend Education Feast
Australia5 April 2012 The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s exciting new pharmacy professional development and practice support event will feature weekend programs allowing delegates to make the most of the educational opportunities being presented. …
Responsible Dispensing of Generic Medicines
Australia4 April 2012 Reports that pharmacists may possibly be dispensing a ”pharmacy-preferred brand” of generic drugs without proper consultation with the patient would be contravening the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s Guidelines on…
PGA-Newsletter Vol.2, No.12,4 April,2012
AustraliaA report in the Sydney Morning Herald today accuses some communitypharmacies of seeking to “impose” generic medicines on elderly patients. The Pharmacy Guild would not support any pharmacist imposing genericmedicines on any patient –…
PGA-Newsletter Vol 2.No.11,28 March,2012
AustraliaA new survey from the National Prescribing Service (NPS) has found that 57 per cent of Australians report they have made a mistake with theirmedicines in the past 12 months. In a survey of 1205 people, 44 per cent said they had forgotten…
Community Pharmacies Are Responsible Employers
Australia2 April 2012 The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is confident that the overwhelming majority of community pharmacies act in good faith to comply fully with the Pharmacy Industry Award 2010. The Guild urges its members to pay all employees according…
Medicines Partnership of Australia
Australia23 March,2012 The pharmaceutical industry has worked well together to ensure continuity of supply of important Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines at the time of significant price changes on 1 April. Many manufacturers, wholesalers…
Advanced Pharmacy Practice A Consultation Paper for the Pharmacy Profession
AustraliaMarch 2012 Background and purpose It is important that this initiative directed at defining and recognising advanced pharmacy practice has input from and the support of the profession. This Consultation Paper has been prepared through the…
Consultation on Advanced Pharmacy Practice
Australia19th Mar.,2012 The Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework Steering Committee (APPFSC) is a profession-wide collaborative forum, working on initiatives which are linked to the national competency standards for pharmacists. The APPFSC, chaired…