Changes were made to the Extended Practice Authority ‘Pharmacists’ on 1 July. These include transition of the acute conditions services and the hormonal contraceptive prescribing service from the respective pilots to BAU activities, allowing suitably trained, educated and Queensland Health-approved pharmacists to prescribe according to their scope and prescribing approval.
The scope of practice pilot is to continue for the chronic conditions under a new Extended Practice Authority ‘Pharmacists – Community pharmacy chronic conditions management pilot’ and all pilot requirements mus…
