THE war of words between the Queensland branches of the Pharmacy Guild and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) continued yesterday, with the PSA resolutely standing by its comments in a media release about the intentions of the newly elected Queensland Government to work with PSA on the design and implementation of a trial of pharmacists working to their full scope in North Queensland.
The PSA was responding to allegations by the Pharmacy Guild that the Society was falsely claiming credit for the project (PD yesterday), with Guild Qld Branch President Gerard Benedet accusing the Society of "falling well short of the professional standards that community pharmacists practice on a daily basis".
Benedet challenged the PSA to prove they were actually involved by producing a pre-election letter to the Queensland Government about the "trial that they supposedly proposed", insisting that "sadly no such letter exists".
In response, the Society yesterday sent Pharmacy Daily a copy of a letter from Qld Deputy Premier, Steven Miles prior to the election (pictured) that "highlights their commitment to work with PSA on this matter" and noted the Society's ongoing lobbying work relating to permitting pharmacists to work to their full scope.
"As stated, PSA has long advocated that current regulatory barriers prevent pharmacists from providing the full range of care that is within their professional scope of practice, skills and training," a PSA spokesperson told Pharmacy Daily.
"We are pleased that other organisations have been working towards the same outcome," the Society added.
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