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Replacing pharmacists with robots isn't the answer to better productivity

  • Written by Helen Dickinson, Associate Professor, Public Service Research Group, UNSW
imagePharmacists aren't just dispensing machines. from www.shutterstock.com

Reforming pharmacy services and the role of pharmacists is one of the recommendations made in a five-year review of the nation’s productivity, released yesterday. The Productivity Commission’s report, Shifting the Dial, highlights community-based pharmacy as a...

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