PSA, Guild collaboration
April 8, 2013
THE Pharmacy Guild and the
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
have agreed to work together to
achieve outcomes on “a range of
key initiatives for the profession,”
after a joint meeting last week with
the Department of Health.
At the high level meeting, Guild
executive director David Quilty
and PSA ceo Liesel Wett agreed
to build on the cooperative and
collaborative work being done by
both in a range of professional and
pharmacy practice areas.
The move signals some
reconciliation between the groups,
which recently exchanged a war of
words over the Home Medicines
Review controversy.
According to a statement issued
late on Fri, a key focus area will be
ensuring that Clinical Interventions
are delivered and reported
according to the guidelines
established for their delivery.
“The Guild and the PSA
will continue to educate and
inform pharmacists of the
Clinical Interventions Standards
and Guidelines to ensure the
sustainability of delivery of the
service,” the statement said.
Other areas of collaboration
will include enhancements to the
Section 100 Support Allowance,
including a review and update of
the PSA’s Guidelines and Standards
on the Provision of Pharmacy
Services to Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Health Services.
The Guild and the PSA have also
agreed to work together on the
research needed to make sure the
targeting of the HMR program is
appropriate, with this work also
linked to the HMR Hospital Referral
pathway that will start this year.
“The combined resources and
input from the Guild and PSA
ensures our approaches are
whole-of-profession and set a
benchmark for future collaborative
efforts in the interests of the whole
profession,” said Wett.
And Quilty added that “it is
important that we are using our
extensive combined expertise
in these important areas for the
benefit of community pharmacy,
the pharmacy profession and
patients”.
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