‘Self Care Alliance’ paper
March 27, 2014
The Australian Self Medication
Industry (ASMI) and the Pharmacy
Guild of Australia have prepared
a discussion paper to provide an
outline of a proposal for a Self Care
Alliance with detail of its proposed
timing, structure membership,
initial operations and activities.
Such an Alliance is something
ASMI has been working toward for
some time (PD 30 Aug 2013) and
ASMI executive director Dr Deon
Schoombie said the release of the
paper invited people other than
stakeholders, who had already
been consulted, to participate.
The Alliance’s aim would be to
provide an authoritative source of
information on self care, and how it
could help people better look after
themselves, the paper said.
Highlighting that the COAG
Reform Council report, published
in November, stated that waiting
times for a GP appointment viewed
as ‘unacceptable’ rose from 17.8%
in 2009 to 27.4% in 2012, the
two peak bodies argue that while
Australia has one of the world’s
best health systems it was on an
unsustainable trajectory, with rising
government expenditure, and
demand exceeding supply for some
services such as GPs.
The intention of the Alliance
would be to form a roundtable of
stakeholders who could initiate
efforts to drive solutions to
emerging issues, said the report.
Areas of attention for the alliance
would include lifestyle, health
literacy and safe use of medicines.
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