One out of three ain’t bad
Autonomous prescribing is the only feasible option out of three mooted plans for pharmacist prescribing, according to the Pharmacy Guild The Pharmacy Guild has responded to the Pharmacy Board’s consultation …
Pharmacy workers could lose $26k: Labor
A pharmacy worker could lose up to $7000 in 2019-20 and up to $26,000 over the next three years, claims the Opposition Leader As Australia heads towards the polls next …
Chemist Warehouse vaccinates Health Minister
Health Minister Greg Hunt turned to community pharmacy, not doctors, for his flu vaccination this year Amid a 2019 flu season which is gathering early steam, Mr Hunt took the …
A decade pretending to be a pharmacist
A man has been fined $10,000 after he was caught holding himself out to be a registered pharmacist when he was not The man was alleged to have worked as …
Guild predicted codeine outcome: Heffernan
Pharmacy Guild NSW president David Heffernan claims there may have been a “reframing of the truth” around the codeine upscheduling In his President’s Address in the latest NSW Guild newsletter, …
Pharmacist prescribing will enable ‘super bugs,’ say docs
Doctor groups have responded with outrage to the announcement that Queensland will trial limited pharmacist prescribing Following the recent inquiry into the pharmacy sector in Queensland, the state government has …
World news wrapup: 18 April 2019
Auckland pharmacies penalised over short-changing workers; UK cracks down on online pharmacies following BBC investigation; Dublin pharmacist investigated for selling “study drugs” Auckland, New Zealand: Seven area pharmacies short-changed some …
Qld takes first pharmacist prescribing steps
The Queensland Government plans to review current commercial arrangements of pharmacy ownership, following the state’s pharmacy inquiry The Queensland Government has responded to the report into the establishment of a …
‘We’re not going to change our minds.’
Pharmacist prescribing is “more likely about supporting their business model,” a leading GP says The RACGP has again hit out at the concept of pharmacist prescribing, describing it as working …
Victory for the town with no medicines
Only 3,000 people live there – yet the people of Bonny Hills gathered 2,813 signatures to get their own pharmacy… and won Visiting Bonny Hills and Lake Cathie today at …
ACT pharmacists get the NIP
The ACT is the latest jurisdiction to expand the availability of vaccination by trained pharmacists The ACT Government has announced that appropriately trained community pharmacists will now be able to …
Prevalent dark web drug a ‘biohazard’
Researchers say a new report “lifts the lid” on a significant new synthetic opioid market on the dark net A new study from the Australian National University has found that …