THE Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) says it is keen to work with the Pharmacy Programs Administrator and the Government to ensure that pharmacy services provided in residential aged care facilities can be assessed for quality.
The Association was responding to one of the recommendations in the report from the Aged Care Royal Commission released this week (PD yesterday), which stated "the Australian Government should ensure that compliance activities for Medication Management Reviews focus on the quality of the services being provided as well as the accuracy of claims for payment".
Commissioner Briggs added that there "should also be monitoring of how general practitioners respond to medication management reviews, to ensure ongoing better practice prescribing".
AACP Board Chair Marc Apolloni said the Association "looks forward to supporting Government and other stakeholders in the implementation of these important recommendations to improve the use of medicines in this vulnerable group..accredited pharmacists have the ability to contribute to improved care as they can and should form part of a proposed multidisciplinary team in aged care.
"They have a vital role to play as advocates for their patients to ensure optimum medicines use, reduced hospital admissions and improved quality of life," he added.
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