Pharmacy Guild
Pilot slammed as 鈥榳orkload shifting鈥�
Pharmacists have no more of a conflict of interest than GPs do when it comes to the Queensland prescribing pilot, a leading pharmacist says Doctor groups continue to lambast the …
鈥�60-day scripts are here to stay, now and into the future鈥�
Health minister Mark Butler says 鈥渢hese are exciting times for the pharmacy sector,鈥� as he tells a packed plenary session about his hopes for the Unleashing the Scope review, and …
July start planned for 8CPA
鈥淭his speech has been rewritten in the past 12 hours,鈥� Guild national president Professor Trent Twomey has told delegates to APP2024 鈥� making a long-anticipated announcement on the 8CPA The …
Why large corporate retailers should stay out of pharmacy: committee
Guild welcomes moves in Queensland to forbid pharmacies being located in supermarkets, and preventing third parties from exercising 鈥渋nappropriate control鈥� of medicines provision The report into the Pharmacy Business Ownership …
Pharmacists poised to relieve GP shortage-related backlog
Doctors are complaining that they鈥檝e been left in the dark about the north Queensland scope of practice pilot 鈥� but pharmacists are ready to get started The Australian Medical Association鈥檚 …
GP 鈥榩ush to corporatise鈥� pharmacy criticised
Corporatisation a factor in the dwindling numbers of GPs, says leading pharmacist in opposing the AMA鈥檚 stance on pharmacy ownership Two weeks after its representatives appeared at Queensland鈥檚 the Economics …
鈥業f I was a gambling man, I鈥檇 put money on it鈥�
Will the 8CPA be ready in time? Opposition health spokesperson Senator Anne Ruston has grilled the Health Department鈥檚 Penny Shakespeare about its status With increasing concern about the looming 1 …
鈥楨very time there is a disaster鈥︹��
With yet another natural disaster unfolding in Australia, pharmacists query why continued dispensing arrangements expire after the immediate crisis is over From Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast, the latest flood …
Pharmacist voices wanted on women鈥檚 pain
Women鈥檚 pain is often overlooked, says the Victorian government 鈥� and its decision to launch an inquiry has been welcomed by pharmacists The Listening to Women鈥檚 Voices survey showed that …
PM spruiks double dispensing savings
Nearly two million 60-day scripts were dispensed up to the end of 2023 鈥� but pharmacists say there鈥檚 another way to improve medicines affordability Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and health …
鈥楾his is a reform that should be in place as a matter of course鈥�
Every time there is a disaster, the government extends or reinstates continued dispensing, say leading pharmacists 鈥� so why not make it permanent? Pharmacy stakeholder groups have says they welcome …
The week in review
There’s no prizes for guessing this week’s biggest story: the anticipated announcement of the proposed merger of Chemist Warehouse with Sigma Healthcare As flagged last week, Monday saw the announcement …