Pharmacy Daily | Hospital plan ‘good first step’

THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia says yesterday’s agreement between the Federal Government and its state and territory counterparts over hospital reform is “a good step towards reforming the whole health-care system in Australia”. PSA president Warwick Plunkett said the announcement should be just the start of the process, urging the government to move forward with “the rapid introduction of primary and preventive health strategies to ensure the reform process doesn’t lag”. Plunkett said that the government’s reports on the future of Australian health make it clear that primary and preventive health are both pivotal in ensuring that a “robust and sustainable health care system is in place now and into the future”. He said pharmacists, as the most accessible health professionals, were uniquely placed to be instrumental in the development and implementation of preventive and primary health programs. “On top of that, PSA’s Pharmacy Self Care program has the infrastructure in place to give the Government a vehicle for the efficient and widespread delivery of these programs,” Plunkett added.

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