Mayor issues rural pharmacy rallying call
A regional mayor has pledged to personally take rural pharmacy owners’ concerns about 60-day dispensing to “senior government ministers”, in a bid to have the measure scrapped Alliance of Western …
ACT pharmacist wins innovation award
Former Pharmacy of the Year winner scores UTS Innovative Pharmacist of the Year crown for patient communication platform ACT-based pharmacy owner, Brooke Young, is celebrating the success of her Clinicomm …
Fresh faces join PSA committees
A record number of women will play leading roles in the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) over the next three years PSA members have backed a record number of female …
Labor needs to ‘stop and listen’: Sigma
Community pharmacists’ concerns over the detrimental impacts of double dispensing need to be addressed by government Federal politicians are being urged to “stop and listen” to issues pharmacists are raising …
Pharmacies likely to need more RUM bins
Plans to implement double dispensing are likely to result in increased medicines wastage, pharmacists warn Community pharmacies may need to double the number of Return Unwanted Medicines (RUM) bins they …
Minister says ‘no’ to 90-day dispensing – for now
Taxpayers could secure greater savings through 90-day dispensing, Health Minister says Plans to introduce 60-day dispensing will still leave Australia lagging behind other countries, Mark Butler, the Minister for Health …
Manual entry a factor in e-script incidents
Electronic prescribing errors linked to practitioners entering patients’ mobile numbers incorrectly, the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) reports Close to 3000 enquiries have been made to the ADHA relating to …
$19 NIP vaccine administration fee for pharmacies
Community pharmacies will be funded to administer vaccines through the National Immunisation Program (NIP) from 1 January 2024 Eligible patients who elect to receive NIP vaccines through their local community …
TGA green lights cefaclor substitution
An unexpected increase in demand for oral liquid preparations of cefaclor have prompted the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to issue a Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument (SSSI) for the medication Pharmacists …
Fence sitting not an option on 60-day dispensing: ex-PSA CEO
Employee pharmacists’ union, Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) is being urged to take a stance on double dispensing Former Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) CEO, Mark Kinsela, is urging the PPA …
RACGP focused on disrupting Guild
Securing wins in an interprofessional turf war appears to be a priority for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Community pharmacists are starting to question their relationships with …
60-day dispensing to compound current drug shortages: NPSA
Pharmaceutical wholesalers warn double dispensing will exacerbate existing issues within the Australian medicines supply chain Plans to introduce 60-day dispensing, outlined in draft federal Budget papers, are expected to add …