Australia on “right track”
August 30, 2010
THE latest survey results from the
International Pharmaceutical
Federation have found that Aussie
pharmacists are generally happier
with the state of the Australian
industry than their international
counterparts.
The survey looked at responses
from 16,000 pharmacists across 16
countries and found that Australian
pharmacists had the lowest
percentage (31%) of respondents
who agreed with the statement that
pharmacy is “worse off than it was
five years ago,” compared to an
average of 54% of international
pharmacists.
The survey also found that
Australia has the second lowest
percentage (28%) of pharmacists
who believe that the health care
system is also worse off now than it
was half a decade ago.
Australian pharmacists also
responded that ‘competition’ was
the biggest issue facing
pharmacists (36%), followed closely
by ‘Job security, lack of career
evolution, too many pharmacists’
(35%), ‘Costs, pay, salary, funding’
(28% and ‘Workload’ (20%).
Conversely pharmacists on a
worldwide stage generally said that
‘Third party payers, reimbursement,
generic drugs, pricing control and
regulation’ was the biggest issue
facing pharmacists (25%), followed
closely at 18% by the statement:
‘Government/Politics framework
unclear, system reform, new
contracts and regulations’.
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