Could Amazon provide better health spend value?
Amazon is likely to make “huge strides” in healthcare, says one data and analytics company GlobalData, a data and insight provider with an interest in healthcare, says that Amazon’s business …
Workforce, remuneration and $1 copay impact rural pharmacy
The Guild is advocating to address issues facing rural pharmacy, such as one-size-fits-all remuneration Writing in Pharmacy Guild newsletter Forefront, executive director David Quilty has outlined some of the issues …
Could compounding be a cost solution?
A specialist pharmacist is calling on the government to consider modern compounding as part of the solution to the cost of orphan drugs Gold Coast pharmacist Matthew Bellgrove has highlighted that …
A ‘horror year’ for food poisoning
The theme for Australian Food Safety Week has been announced as ‘Food Poisoning – take it seriously!’ The week is to be held from 10 to 17 November 2018. Food Safety …
Aussies don’t care who owns pharmacies: CWH co-founder
Many of the arguments voiced by those in favour of current pharmacy ownership laws are “truly grounded in self-interest being disguised as community care,” says Gance CWH co-founder Damian Gance …
King warns against GP, pharma ownership
Stephen King has taken aim at “absentee landlord” owners, especially of multiple pharmacies, in a Queensland Inquiry public hearing But he also warns that care would need to be taken …
Pregabalin misuse, poisoning in the spotlight
One in seven Australians prescribed pregabalin are at risk of misusing the substance, new research has shown Conducted by researchers at the NSW Poisons Information Centre, the University of Sydney …
Pharmacists can step in: Twomey
The cost of GP visits highlights the need for pharmacies to offer a minor ailments service, says the Guild Public hearings into Queensland’s inquiry into the establishment of a Pharmacy …
The week in review
It’s been a busy week, with pharmacist-GP tensions flaring again… The week started on a high, as Victoria announced new vaccination reforms which will see pharmacists able to offer the …
Codeine canned for Kiwi kids
New Zealand’s health professionals have been advised not to give codeine at all to children aged under 12, or to breastfeeding mothers New Zealand regulator Medsafe, and the Medicines Adverse …
Bulk billing figures ‘a complete con-job’, says Labor
A new report on bulk billing has seen the Health Minister claim record rates, while Labor says the cost of health care is spiralling out of control The report, from …
Methotrexate death sparks collaborative summit
The PSA is hosting a summit aimed at uniting doctors and pharmacists on the issue of patient safety The inter-collaboration summit is set to explore how doctors and pharmacists can …