A pharmacists’ peak body has described Goodwin’s residential care pharmacist role a best-practice example, as aged care consumers share feedback on its first year in action. Aged care consumers shared positive experiences of Australia’s first embedded residential care pharmacist at the launch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s annual Medicine Safety: Aged Care report. Medicine...
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The Chair of the Royal Commission into the Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Honourable Gaetano Pagone QC, has issued a statement on the government’s proposed privatisation of ACAT, providing clarification that the royal commission has not endorsed the government’s proposed privatisation of ACAT. “Public concern has been expressed about statements made by the Minister...
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Over 2,000 frustrated aged care staff have blown the whistle on short-staffed nursing homes across Australia. What needs to happen to see an increase in staffing numbers in aged care?
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