THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia Queensland Branch has welcomed the final Service Evaluation Report of the Urinary Tract Infection Pharmacy Pilot - Queensland (UTIPP-Q).
The Guild stated the final report also ends months of speculative and detrimental false claims made by powerful doctor lobby groups.
Queensland Branch President Chris Owen said the final report, authored by Prof Lisa Nissen on behalf of the UTIPP-Q consortium, "cements the success of the Pilot and that patients were overwhelmingly happy with the service; would use it again and recommend it to others".
The QUIPP-Q Services Evaluation Report states that overall, 10,270 Queensland women had their Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) symptoms identified and managed by a community pharmacist in a safe and effective manner during the Pilot, Owen said.
The majority (87.6%) reported that their UTI had successfully resolved and where symptoms had not resolved and other care had already been sought by the patient, pharmacists verbally referred patients to their GP.
"Such false claims undermine the trust and credibility of the powerful doctor lobby groups as grass roots pharmacists and GPs continue to work collaboratively," Owen said.
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