pharmacy

AHHA Response to consultation on Aboriginal Health Services QUM and Pharmacy Support

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) welcomed the opportunity to respond to the Aboriginal Health Services Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Support – Discussion paper.

To achieve a healthy Australia supported by the...

AHHA response - SA telepharmacy amendment bill 2020

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) welcomed the opportunity to provide feedback on the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) (Telepharmacy) Amendment Bill 2020, introduced to Parliament by Minister ...

Good news on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pharmacy reform

‘The announcement by the Commonwealth Department of Health that hospital doctors will be permitted to write Closing the Gap prescriptions for their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients is long overdue’, says Australian Healthcare and Hospitals...

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AHHA submission on Indigenous Pharmacy Programs

It makes sense to make better use of pharmacists in flu pandemics

Pharmacists are a largely untapped resource when a flu outbreak is happening according to an Issues Brief published by the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association’s Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research— Improving pharmacist involvement in...

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Deeble Issues Brief No. 25: Improving pharmacist involvement in pandemic influenza planning and response in Australia

Pharmacists are an essential part of everyday healthcare in Australia and have the potential to fulfill a variety of roles which may have broad impacts on the Australian healthcare system during a pandemic influenza outbreak.

This...

AHHA Submission to the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation