Pharmacists' skills must be better utilised to reduce pressure on GPs in rural Australia

The skills and expertise of pharmacists must be more fully utilised to provide better health services to the community and to help reduce the growing pressures on the health budget.

Commenting on proposals for a $5 co-payment fee to be applied for all visits to a GP, and possibly also for emergency department visits, the Chief Executive Officer of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Liesel Wett, said Australia was lagging in making full use of pharmacists' abilities.

"Pharmacists are the most accessible of all health professionals and are trained and equipped to deal with a wide range of minor ailments which currently are often unnecessarily undertaken by doctors," Ms Wett said.

Source:
1. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/270757.php
2. http://www.psa.org.au/about/contacts-and-governance/ceo

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