THE Pharmacy Board of Australia has released a communiqué from its most recent meeting late last month, with discussions including the release of the National Health Workforce Dataset.
Compiled from a survey voluntarily completed by health professionals at time of registration, the dataset includes de-identified demographic and professional practice information.
The 2015 data has now been released and a summary relating to pharmacist demographics is available at data.hwa.gov.au.
It confirms that the average age of pharmacists is 39, and that they work 35.7 hours per week on average. Of registrants, 60% are female, and 57% were born in Australia.
The majority of employed pharmacists (66%) worked in a community pharmacy setting and 20% were in hospitals, while 1,157 clinician pharmacists (6%) worked in an Advanced Scope of Practice role.
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