PSA pursues 6CPA ideas
March 7, 2014
The Pharmaceutical Society of
Australia (PSA) is continuing to
pursue solutions in an effort to
ensure the ongoing delivery of
HMRs, MedsChecks and Diabetes
MedsChecks.
PSA ceo Liesel Wett said in her
‘Message from the CEO’ that many
in the profession had been caught
by surprise by the caps.
“The imposition of caps on the
delivery of these services, plus a
new timeframe for RMMRs, caught
many in the profession by surprise.
“PSA held an emergency board
meeting and followed this up with
a strategic session at its scheduled
board meeting.
“We have also written to the
minister for health, Peter Dutton,
and held meetings with his staff
as well as senior officials in the
Department of Health and Ageing.”
While the Board stressed that
the focus of delivery of these
services must be based on clinical
need, the focus is to try to ensure
that these services continue to
be provided to improve health
outcomes for Australians and also
to maintain the business viability
of those pharmacists who have
built their business models around
delivery of these services, she said.
With the caps in place as an
interim measure to manage the
realistic sustainability of the system
and the budget for the remainder
of 5CPA being “demonstrably
inadequate”, Wett said the PSA
were now looking to the future, for
patients and the profession.
During the week, along with
more than 50 organisations
representing a broad cross-section
of pharmacy organisations, disease
state representatives, other peak
health bodies, representatives
of health professionals, industry
associations, consumer groups
and State and Federal Government
Departments, PSA attended the
first stakeholder forum convened
by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia
to consider ideas and innovations
which might add value to the Sixth
Community Pharmacy Agreement.
An e-Bulletin will shortly be
released from the Society calling
for nominations for PSA Branch
Committee representatives.
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