Abstract
In Australia, everyone shares a fundamental right to safe and high-quality health care. This is defined in the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights, which all healthcare systems must strive to uphold. The Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights summarises the basic rights of patients when using healthcare services, including access, safety, respect, partnership, information, privacy and the right to give feedback. The provision of pharmacy services must encompass the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights to deliver effective, efficient, timely and equitable person-centred care.
The National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia complements the underpinnings of the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights across five domains of competency for pharmacists, namely: (1) professionalism and ethics; (2) communication and collaboration; (3) medicines management and patient care; (4) leadership and management; and (5) education and research. Professional conduct when providing clinical pharmacy services is guided by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency's Shared Code of Conduct and the AdPha's Code of Ethics. These Standards describe current best practice and advanced, full scope clinical pharmacy services.
Clinical pharmacy services for individual patients support national objectives and strategies to improve patient safety and quality of care. These Standards are the foremost standards for clinical pharmacy practice. Depending on the area of specialty practice, it may be advisable to refer to additional Standards of Practice.
These Standards supersede the SHPA Standards of practice for clinical pharmacy services published in 2013. The use of the word ‘specialisation’ in these Standards is in line with the National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia, where ‘specialisation’ refers to the scope of practice rather than the level of performance. ‘Specialisation’ in, and of itself, does not confer additional expertise.
The National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia complements the underpinnings of the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights across five domains of competency for pharmacists, namely: (1) professionalism and ethics; (2) communication and collaboration; (3) medicines management and patient care; (4) leadership and management; and (5) education and research. Professional conduct when providing clinical pharmacy services is guided by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency's Shared Code of Conduct and the AdPha's Code of Ethics. These Standards describe current best practice and advanced, full scope clinical pharmacy services.
Clinical pharmacy services for individual patients support national objectives and strategies to improve patient safety and quality of care. These Standards are the foremost standards for clinical pharmacy practice. Depending on the area of specialty practice, it may be advisable to refer to additional Standards of Practice.
These Standards supersede the SHPA Standards of practice for clinical pharmacy services published in 2013. The use of the word ‘specialisation’ in these Standards is in line with the National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia, where ‘specialisation’ refers to the scope of practice rather than the level of performance. ‘Specialisation’ in, and of itself, does not confer additional expertise.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 446-511 |
| Number of pages | 66 |
| Journal | Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2024 |
Keywords
- Clinical Pharmacy Standards
- best practice
- Australia