Mixed reaponse to Tas medication management proposal
A plan to make amendments to Tasmania’s Poisons Act has been met with a mixed reaction from the aged care industry and nurses.
The proposed changes would allow volunteers and personal carers to administer certain restricted drugs, after undergoing training.
The chief executive officer (CEO) of Aged and Community Services Tasmania (ACST), Darren Matthewson, welcomed the proposed changes.
“At a time when nurses are in short supply, freeing them up from the pill trolley to undertake more holistic care can only improve the provision of the best quality care in aged care facilities,” he said.
However, the Australian Nurses Federation (ANF) holds concerns about the proposed changes.
The ANF’s Tasmanian Branch Secretary, Neroli Ellis, said “It has the most wide reaching implications for medication management of any of the state laws.”
