Opinion: Advanced pharmacy is not revolutionary, it’s evolutionaryOpinion: Advanced pharmacy is not revolutionary, it’s evolutionary :: Hospital + Healthcare

The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has launched a consultation to enhance the benefits of medicines, amid increasing complexities and costs. The SHPA proposed the ‘advanced pharmacy’ concept, which extends hospital pharmacy’s specialty roles beyond the hospital walls. Advanced pharmacy recognises practitioners’ competencies, enabling multidisciplinary teams to deliver medicines management to patients within and beyond hospital settings. It can result in an inclusive, connected, collaborative workforce that fully integrates pharmacists into interdisciplinary care teams.