Abstract
To provide a snapshot of current staff utilisation, a questionnaire was sent to 248 Australian hospitals with an identified hospital pharmacy service. The data returned from 101 hospital pharmacy services provided a snapshot of where hospital pharmacists are currently working, what they spend their time doing, and the role of pre-registration pharmacists and pharmacy support staff in providing hospital pharmacy services. Key findings of the responses from these 101 hospital pharmacy services showed that in 2000-2001: 1. 129.16 of the 929.46 pharmacists establishment full-time equivalent positions (14%) were vacant; 2. one in three hospital pharmacists worked part time; 3. one in three hospital pharmacists had a postgraduate qualification; and 4. on average 41% of pharmacists' time was devoted to clinical services, 39% to distribution services and 16% to management activities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 72-76 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2002 |