Pharmacy Daily | Australia on “right track”

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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