Pharmacy Daily | Advanced practice paper

The Australian Pharmacy Council has released a new document which provides a global context to the development and implementation of advanced pharmacy practice recognition. Dubbed An environmental snapshot of Advanced and Extended Pharmacy Practice, it’s the outcome of a study commissioned by the APC including an environmental scan and literature review to define key terms and concepts around advanced practice. “There is compelling evidence of the increase in therapeutic interventions and complexity of medicine use as a result of an ageing population, increasing multi-morbidity and co-morbidity of mental health and physical disorders,” said accreditation committee chair Debra Rowett, who’s also a member of the APC Steering Committee on Advanced Practice. The new document will help feed into the Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework (APPF) 2012, which was developed about 12 months ago by the steering committee which is backed by groups including the AACP, ACP, APC, PDL, PSA, SHPA, PBA, PPA, the CPSANZ and the Pharmacy Guild. CLICK HERE to view the report.

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