PHARMACY Guild National President Trent Twomey says he will hold major political parties accountable on their commitment to maintain existing pharmacy ownership and location rules.
Speaking at this year's APP conference on the Gold Coast he said, "we seek ironclad assurances from the political parties that the ownership and location provisions will be maintained and before last year's election both the Coalition and Labor committed to this, and we intend to hold them to their commitments".
Twomey also said the pharmacy industry has grown in strength in the past two years and that a 'decade of change' is underway.
"We are all experiencing a 'decade of change' - in workforce, in scope of practice, in patient requirements - indeed in patient expectations, in medicine pricing, in the type of medicines in market, in pharmacist and pharmacy assistant training, in Government regulations, in Government funding and indeed in Governments," he said.
MEANWHILE, nominations are now open for the 2023 Australian Patients Association's Most Outstanding Community Pharmacist Award.
This award highlights healthcare excellence and recognises best practice by healthcare providers.
Nominations are open to members of the public, including patients and their families, as well as healthcare professionals.
Previous winners include Brad Butt (2019) and 2022 winner of the Guild's Pharmacy of the Year, Josh Lee (2021) and Ruth Parker (2022)
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