THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) is looking forward to hospital pharmacist-specific investments as it congratulated NSW Labor on winning Sat's NSW state election.
Chief Executive Kristin Michaels says SHPA welcomes the Labor Party's commitments to reduce long-standing inequities in patient care and access to medicines expertise.
"Hospital pharmacy has long been under-resourced in NSW and we reiterate our support for NSW Labor's $268m Hospital Pharmacy Workforce Sustainability in NSW Public Hospitals proposal, which will fund over 600 positions in the pharmacy workforce each year.
"This will aid in expanding the scope of pharmacist practice in Emergency Departments to ease bed block and support patient flow."
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