Past-President, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia | Proud Tasmanian | Pharmacist | Dad
Tasmania
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I guess most of us are still waiting for the policy “game changers” to kick in.
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cleanbill.com.au/2024/01/cle…
Outreach a ‘real gap’ in pharmacy NIP service - ajp.com.au/news/outreach-a-r…
Pretty simple. Remove barriers to pharmacists vaccinating the most vulnerable. The planned national immunisation program for community pharmacy doesn’t allow for outreach to aged care, disability settings and at home. @Mark_Butler_MP @PSA_National
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Shane Jackson retweeted
Pharmacies that sign up to deliver the common conditions service ahead of the 31 January 2024 launch will receive an initial fixed payment of £2,000, which can be claimed from December 2023.
Read more about funding for the service:
bit.ly/3FZXHHE bit.ly/3FZXHHE
Happy to agree with @RACGPPresident here…..
Now for the rubber to hit the road.
#access
#scopeofpractice
#respect
‘Being a GP is the best job in medicine – we just need the correct supports in place to make sure it stays that way,’ says the @RACGPPresident bit.ly/3ZkyXCY
Shane Jackson retweeted
Whilst I agree on ethical / philosophical principles that access to primary care should be facilitated...
...it's a tough sell to insist private businesses with >$2million payrolls, with average full-time GP incones >$300k shouldn't be taxed like everyone else. 🤔
#medtwitter
No. Lack of access to OTC inhaled corticosteroids the problem.
Expand access to safe and accessible asthma care
medicalrepublic.com.au/over-…
Excessive SABA use directly increases asthma mortality. Over-the-counter availability of these medications is part of the problem.
What’s good for consumers is not good for patients. Over the counter not working
Tricky discussions on asthma safe care
“Work with us, talk with us first”
Good policy approach to most things……
General practices in the ACT will receive payroll tax amnesty until June 2025, provided they bulk bill nearly two-thirds of their patients, according to a new policy position announced by @ABarrMLA over the weekend. bit.ly/3EeJmpV
As opioids continue to dominate fatal drug overdoses in Australia, the threat of fentanyl t… abc.net.au/news/2023-08-27/o…
Nurse and pharmacy prescribing powers to be probed in new review theage.com.au/politics/feder…
Is Stockholm syndrome a myth? The terrifying crime behind psychology's most famous — and dubious — term abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/i…
Shane Jackson retweeted
Government knows pharmacists are the solution to problems in access to primary care, but the profession can't do more for less - @ShaneJacks tells @PSA_National #PSA23
Surely it’s time for influenza antivirals to be initiated by pharmacists, time of the essence, and reducing barriers to access.
RT: Children are being hit hard this flu season. Some experts are calling for more antiviral use - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2023-07-23/f…
Why do we put so many barriers in place for people to get a vaccine or to get influenza antivirals? It just doesn’t make sense
RT: 'Simply too late': Flu season is so bad this year some experts are calling for more antiviral use
abc.net.au/news/2023-07-23/f…
Pharmacists taking responsibility and accountability for prescribing in aged care - leads to improved prescribing …..
Pharmacists improve prescribing quality in care homes—so what? bmj.com/content/380/bmj.p371
Well deserved
Edward Crook awarded the Degree of Doctor of Pharmacy by the University of Sydney sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/n…
We do need to work this out together. Patients shouldn’t be worse off under this measure. Pharmacists should not be worse off. The health system should not be worse off.