6CPA phcy trial forum
October 27, 2015
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
has reinforced its support for the
Pharmacy Trial Program detailed
in the 6th Community Pharmacy
Agreement, at a Health Department
convened stakeholder forum held
in Canberra yesterday.
Guild executive director David
Quilty and Pharmacy Viability
Group executive Fiona Mitchell
attended and presented an opening
statement, highlighting the Guild’s
commitment to and support for
the program, saying it “provides
an excellent opportunity to deliver
better and more cost-effective
health outcomes to consumers”.
Services proposed included
screening, early intervention and
medication adherence, a Minor
Ailments Program, Prescription
Renewal, a Basic Health Check, an
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Medicines Review, and an Anti-
Coagulation Monitoring Service.
Core principles were defined,
focusing on targeting services to
those in need, ensuring relevance,
QUM, safety and quality of services
and a culture of integration and
improved communication between
community pharmacy and other
health care providers such as GPs.
Services also need to be recorded
and linked to electronic records
while being viable for pharmacies
to provide in a sustainable way, the
statement added.
Jointly developed between the
Guild and the Pharmaceutical
Society of Australia, the services are
all evidence-based, already trialled
either in Australia or internationally
and therefore not requiring further
research before commencement.
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