Pharmacy Daily | Cap proposal safety fears

Quality and safety of health delivery in Australia have become the focus of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia who have united in their call for the Government to abolish plans to impose a $2000 cap on deductibility of education expenses. Both organisations are part of the 75 organisation-strong ‘Scrap the Cap’ campaign which represents more than 1.6 million professionals across Australia and met in Canberra yesterday. The Chief Executive Officer of the PSA, Liesel Wett, said the meeting was unanimous in its resolve to lobby politicians to overturn the proposal on the basis of maintaining and continuously improving health quality standards. “We are all urging the more than 1.6 million professionals we represent to go out and speak to their local members and candidates in their electorates to overturn this bad-policy decision. “There are very real dangers that this proposal could have an impact on the health outcomes of the community if health professionals are not abreast of the latest techniques, medicines and developments in their field.”

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