The Pharmacy Guild says dispenser–prescriber divide is a ‘truly ancient notion’
Declaration comes as the Federal Government warns the looming north Queensland pharmacy prescribing trial is 'inconsistent' with Commonwealth medicines policy
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says preventing pharmacists from both prescribing and dispensing medications is “a truly ancient notion” and assumes they don’t put the needs of their patients first.
The guild’s president, Professor Trent Twomey, made the declaration last week in a speech to the guild’s annual conference on the Gold Coast.
He continued to criticise both the RACGP and the AMA for their “unhinged” arguments against the North Queensland Community Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot, which could see pharmacists prescribing and dispensing some 150 different S4 drugs, including antihyperglycaemics.
“The idea that someone who recommends an item can’t then be paid to perform or deliver that item is a truly ancient notion,” he added.
