Medicine prescribing powers for Physiotherapists in Australia

The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) applauds the Health Ministers for approving the non-medical health professional prescribing pathway. Physiotherapists are highly skilled, qualified and experienced primary contact health professionals, and experts at diagnosing, managing and treating musculoskeletal conditions and injuries, often providing recommendations for management including advising on the need to prescribe.‘A carefully designed and implemented non-medical health prescribing framework in Australia will allow patients to receive improved care from physiotherapists, reduce the burden on doctors, and decrease existing inefficiencies in the health system,’ APA National President Marcus Dripps said.

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News Link: http://www.physiotherapy.asn.au/APAWCM/The_APA/news/Nov2013/PrescribingPathway.aspx