Put rural health first: RIPAA
Government urged to invest in rural pharmacy to bolster access to healthcare Current funding and workforce programs for rural pharmacy are failing to address inequities in remote communities, pharmacists warn. …
Time to embrace opportunities: Sinclair
Growing recognition of pharmacists’ capabilities will ensure the profession has a bright future, FIP president, Paul Sinclair, says Pharmacists are being urged to make the most of new opportunities to …
Have Chemist Warehouse bosses cashed in?
More than 348 million Sigma shares sold since Chemist Warehouse co-founders’ stakes were partially released from escrow Sigma Healthcare shares held by at least one of Chemist Warehouse’s three co-founders …
Getting the right mix: pharmacy salaries and lifestyle under the microscope
Growth in pharmacists’ salaries continues, even though the pace of pay increases is slowing, writes Nick O’Donoghue. However, new career options are opening up There were some mixed results for …
Albanese delivers on election pledge
Legislation passes through the House of Representatives to cut the maximum PBS co-payment to $25 from 1 January 2026 Australian patients are set to save $200 million a year on …
Pharmacists ‘not paid for work they do not perform’
Public hospital pharmacy staff participating in industrial action will have up to 25% of their pay deducted, a government agency confirms Hospital pharmacists and technicians taking protected industrial action over …
NT pay offer falls short: union
Professional Pharmacists Australia warns NT government’s hospital pharmacy pay offer will not be enough to address staff shortages A proposed $1500 annual allowance for public hospital pharmacists and technicians, proposed …
Pharmacy wholesale business delivers for ParagonCare
ParagonCare revenue up 8.3% in first full year after merging with pharmacy wholesaler CH2 and complementary medicine business, Oborne ParagonCare’s pharmacy wholesale business recorded total sales of $2.8 billion in …
Workforce shortages are putting patient care at risk: AdPha
Territory government urged to “set up to properly support hospital pharmacists and technicians”, amid workforce crisis Industrial action being taken by hospital pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the Northern Territory …
Compounder fined over alleged unlawful advertising
TGA issues infringement notices to two Victorian companies in relation to alleged contraventions of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 Elixir Compounding Pharmacy and Elixir Centre for Wellness have been issued …
Streamlined S90 approval process ‘good for pharmacists’
Moves to accelerate the pharmacy approval process will reduce paperwork pharmacists need to do and improve access to medicines for communities, politicians say Legislation before the federal parliament will improve …
‘Without change, services will collapse’: union
Staffing crisis forces pharmacy staff to take industrial action Pharmacists and pharmacy assistants working in public hospitals across the Northern Territory are taking industrial action over staff shortages. Professional …