THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia said yesterday's Intergenerational Report demonstrated the urgent need for community pharmacies to work to their full scope of practice, to help Australia meet the growing demand on the health network and save billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
The report projected spending on health to grow from the current rate of 4.2% of GDP to 6.2% in 40 years' time.
It also added, "it will be important to ensure that the health system provides value for money".
Guild National President Trent Twomey said the report shows the need to enable pharmacists to work to their full scope of practice, by treating and prescribing medicine for uncomplicated conditions (such as urinary tract infections) as done overseas.
"Pharmacists doing more not only benefits patients, it also takes pressure off our health system and benefits the economy not just now but for future generations," he said.
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