Phase 2 - Expansion of the role of Pharmacy

On 13 August 2024, the Pharmacy Expert Taskforce to Support the Expansion of the Role of Pharmacy, published their final report and recommendations in relation to Phase 2 - Empowering Pharmacists to Prescribe within their scope of Practice.

You can view the full report at the below link:

Expert Taskforce to Support the Expansion of the Role of Pharmacy - Final Report

The overarching recommendations that have transpired from Phase 2 are as follows: 

• "That pharmacists be enabled to exercise independent, autonomous prescriptive authority within and related to the individual practitioner’s scope of practice and competence.
• This should be implemented in a stepwise manner, commencing with the introduction of a common conditions service, with pharmacists provided with prescriptive authority linked to the service and its parameters.
• The development, over the coming years, of models of pharmacist prescribing within primary and secondary care settings, recognising the requirements for specific enablers."

The Department of Health press release relating to the Minister for Health's announcement can be viewed here