Qld Pharmacy diabetes launch
November 22, 2010
YESTERDAY Queensland premier
Anna Bligh premiered a new
pharmacy based diabetes prevention
plan which is set to kick-off in Qld
pharmacies from March next year.
The initiative will see patients
offered the chance to undertake
diabetes risk assessments (free of
charge) at Qld pharmacies, with
patients who are identified as “at
risk” referred to their GP.
In addition 120 participating
Queensland pharmacies will also
undertake a pilot risk identification
program which aims to check
10,000 people via glucose finger
prick testing.
The program builds on the success
of the Stroke Foundation’s ‘Know
Your Numbers’ campaign, and will
see Diabetes Queensland join forces
with the Pharmacy Guild of Australia
and the Stroke Foundation.
As such, both the ‘Australian Type
II Diabetes Risk Assessment’ and
the ‘Know Your Numbers’
campaigns are set to be integrated
and become IT based, available via
the Guild’s InnovationRx developed
technology.
“The Guild is very pleased with
the vote of confidence the
Queensland Government has given
community pharmacy,” said Kos
Sclavos National President of The
Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
“Furthermore their funding of the
IT integration of these pharmacy
interventions will lead to better
documented outcomes and further
expansion to professional pharmacy
services,” he added.
Queensland pharmacies are set
to receive full details of the diabetes
program early 2011 in time for its
commencement in March.
The launch was held at Sclavos’
own Qld pharmacy, and was
attended by the Qld premier Anna
Bligh and Deputy Premier and
Health Minister Paul Lucas.
Pictured above at the launch is
(back row from left) Michelle Trute,
Diabetes Qld ceo; Kos Sclavos;
Paul Lucas; and Dr Erin Lalor
National Stroke Foundation ceo;
(front row from left) Tim Hodgson,
Terry White Chemist Myer Centre;
and Premier Anna Bligh.
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