Pharmacy Daily | 6CPA DAA potential

MPS Australia has urged pharmacies to ramp up their dosage administration aids (DAA) offerings, with significant funding available for DAA services allocated in the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement (6CPA). MPS ceo Luke Fitzgerald says the upcoming Primary Health Care Advisory Group reform paper is understood to recommend the formal creation of the so-called ‘medical home’ for patients with chronic conditions - the vast majority of whom would benefit greatly from a DAA. MPS offers an accreditation partnership arrangement with pharmacies to enable them to better serve their customers with chronic conditions and especially those in residential aged care facilities, helping meet the Pharmacy board of Australia’s ‘Guidelines on dose administration aids and staged supply of dispensed medicines’ which takes effect 07 Dec, Fitzgerald said. A survey by NPS MedicineWise in Oct found 29% of respondents aged 50 or older took seven or more prescription medicines regularly, with only 10% of the those accessing a DAA.

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