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Pharmacists seek Board supportDATA from the second survey
of stakeholder understanding and perceptions of the role and
work of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
(AHPRA) and National Boards, shows pharmacists feel the Pharmacy
Board of Australia should play a greater role in advocating for the
profession.
The latest findings revealed 9% of pharmacists perceived the
Board advocated on their behalf, while 50% saw the body’s primary
role as being a regulator.
“I wish the Board was a bigger voice in lobbying for the
profession,” one respondent said.
“There is a lot of apathy and discontent in the profession, and
it feels like the head of pharmacy doesn’t care.
“Particularly in areas such as pharmacists prescribing, a
statement was released, but no action appears to be occurring from
the Board.
“The Board should be more actively involved in [promoting]
pharmacists having more access to the Medicare Benefits Scheme and
also pharmacists practising in areas such as GP clinics and nursing
homes.”
While pharmacists felt the Board was not playing a sufficiently
active role in advocating to increase the profession’s scope of
practice, 64% reported that they trusted it.
“They ensure that the public have reputable pharmacists working
in Australia,” one pharmacist said.
“They don’t seem to have a bias.”While another praised their
role
in protecting the public and the profession’s reputation.
“They have a good balance to disciplining idiot dumb pharmacists
to protect the public and the profession and do not make life hell
for those professionals that are doing the right thing to the best
of their abilities,” the respondent said.
The survey noted pharmacists had
greater confidence that the Board was “doing everything it can
to keep the public safe” (53%), than they did in AHPRA (41%).
When compared with other health professions, pharmacists were
more likely to report reading communications of their National
Board immediately (49%), compared with 40% among all AHPRA
regulated professions.
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EDITORIALEditor in Chief and Publisher – Bruce Piper Editor –
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Pope’s vax pleaINEQUALITIES in society
must not extend to access to any successful COVID-19 vaccine
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Priceline NSW PotY winPRICELINE Pharmacy The
Ponds has landed the group’s NSW Pharmacy of the Year (PotY)
Award, putting the Hawkesbury store in the running for the
network’s national title.
Co-owner and manager, Jenna Cormack (pictured), said she
couldn’t believe it when she got wind that the pharmacy had won the
award.
“I was grocery shopping when I got a surprise phone call that we
had won,” she said.
Cormack noted that selection criteria took into account the
store’s financial growth, KPIs, team culture, involvement in health
and beauty promotions, Sisterhood Foundation charity support, and
events.
“It’s quite a complex and thorough assessment of the store, so
it’s such a lovely reward to see everyone’s hard work recognised,”
she said.
“The whole team was so proud.“The store would not be what
it is today without our wonderful team, and our customers are
truly like family.
“I am very fortunate to have a supportive and passionate team,
as well as knowledgeable and experienced business partners.
“Surrounding yourself with the
right people is so important.”Sharing news of her store’s
win
with her alma mater, Charles Sturt University, Cormack praised
the institution’s pharmacy program.
“I truly believe that Charles Sturt University has one of the
most relevant and dynamic Bachelor of Pharmacy courses,” she
said.
“For example, my cohort was the first to be trained to give
vaccinations back in 2010.
“The course is always evolving to meet the current changes in
our industry.”
The winner of the 2020 National Priceline Pharmacy Store of the
year Award is set to be announced in Oct.
EVERYONE dreams of a loo with a view - but usually we prefer to
sit on the throne and look out.
That’s not the case for an innovation in Tokyo, where
authorities have installed a new see-through toilet block.
The public bathroom (pictured) looks like it could be an
exhibitionist’s dream, but in fact the glass becomes opaque when
the lock is closed to give some privacy.
The facility was designed by famous Japanese architect Shigeru
Ban, who said “there are two things we worry about when entering a
public restroom, especially those located at a park”.
“The first is cleanliness, and the second is whether anyone is
inside. Transparent walls can address both of those worries.”
The glass-walled dunnies are part of the Tokyo Toilet project,
which has enlisted the expertise of some of the country’s leading
designers to create “public toilets like you’ve never seen”.
The impressive facilities are being supported by “professional
toilet inspectors”, with the live hygiene status of each stall
posted on a website “to encourage users to help maintain
cleanliness for the next person”.
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