Another state on verge of pharmacist UTI prescribing
The SA Government should let pharmacists prescribe antibiotics for UTIs “as soon as possible” without a trial or pilot program, a parliamentary committee has declared.…
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Breaking news: Queensland’s ‘dangerous experiment’ in pharmacist S4 prescribing to expand statewide
The controversial pharmacist S4 prescribing trial is being expanded to include the whole of Queensland even before the pilot covering 600,000 patients begins. Both grassroots…
Plan for pharmacists to prescribe under GP direction ‘could be very positive’: state AMA
The Tasmanian Government will let GPs delegate aged care prescribing to pharmacists as part of a trial that has cautious support from the state AMA.…
‘Escalating concerns’ with Victorian Govt’s pharmacy prescribing pilot trigger AMA walkout
AMA Victoria has stopped advising the State Government on pharmacy prescribing, accusing it of rushing into a pilot while key questions remain unanswered, including all…
Pharmacy prescribing trial protocol for NSW revealed at last
The trial and treatment protocols for pharmacy prescribing in NSW are now public, two-and-a-half weeks after 1000 pharmacies started offering UTI diagnosis and treatment. The…
Pharmacists get green light to diagnose and treat UTIs in WA
WA pharmacists with additional training can now prescribe nitrofurantoin or trimethoprim for UTIs, state Minister for Health Amber-Jade Sanderson has announced. Unlike NSW, the WA…
New report ‘proof’ pharmacy prescribing for UTIs should end, says RACGP
The RACGP has called on Queensland’s new health minister to revoke pharmacists’ UTI prescribing rights after the final evaluation of its statewide pilot showed 200…
NSW pharmacists start prescribing in ‘feasibility’ study as full trial pushed back
The NSW Government has officially launched its pharmacist prescribing trial with a pilot of 100 pharmacies diagnosing and treating UTIs. Lead researcher Dr Sarah Dineen-Griffin…
Why the RACGP isn’t walking out of the next pharmacy prescribing trial
The RACGP has backed a NSW trial of pharmacists diagnosing and treating UTIs to be safer and more scientifically robust than its Queensland counterpart. The…
Medicine not myth: Cranberry juice can prevent UTIs, Cochrane says
The long-held belief that cranberry juice can prevent UTIs is not just a myth, according to a Cochrane review showing it cuts the risk of…
