THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia says statements made in the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) submission to the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation (PD Fri) are ill-informed and misleading.
In a statement issued yesterday PSA president Joe Demarte said it was disappointing to see SHPA comparing the standards of care delivered by hospital pharmacists versus community pharmacists.
Demarte said the competency standards which all pharmacists are required to meet as a condition of their registration demonstrate the "extensive medicines expertise of all pharmacists regardless of the setting in which they practice.
"These sorts of invidious comparisons run counter to the Code of Ethics for pharmacists...there is no basis in evidence for making such claims," he said.
The PSA president asked all pharmacy groups to "work together to positively progress ways to optimise the contribution of the profession in the health system to deliver high quality, evidence-based care that is appropriately remunerated".
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