System-wide change needed to ‘Close the Gap’
Funding to embed pharmacists into Aboriginal health services could help close the healthcare gap for Indigenous Australians System-wide reform, including embedding pharmacists into primary care teams delivering healthcare to Aboriginal …
This government is not for wilting: Butler
Labor focused on getting “an outcome that is good for community pharmacy and also good for patients” from 8CPA The federal government will not “wilt” in its efforts to secure …
8CPA heads of agreement provides ‘relief’ for CAPS
Deal to ‘make best endeavours’ to reach an Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) eases advocacy group’s concerns A heads of agreement pledging “up to $3 billion” in additional funding for …
‘Gamechanger for women and girls’ health’
Queensland to authorise pharmacists to prescribe hormonal contraceptives from July Community pharmacists in Queensland will be able to prescribe hormonal contraceptives to women aged 16 years and older under a …
Decision time for state government
Evidence will be key to ensuring pharmacist prescribing for UTIs becomes “usual practice” in NSW and ACT from May, researcher says Data from Australia’s only clinical pharmacist prescribing trial is …
Top 10 APP 2024 quotes
Discussions at the 2024 Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference (APP) covered a range of issues including the 8CPA, 60-day dispensing and the need to embrace full scope of practice. “If you …
IR reforms to hurt pharmacy: Dutton
Pharmacy owners are being urged to join the coalition in opposing Labor’s next waves of industrial relations (IR) reforms Labor’s IR reform agenda will come at a cost for small …
Devil will be in the detail for 8CPA
Guild leader will not sign an Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) that does not meet the organisation’s objectives Negotiations for the 8CPA between the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the …
This didn’t need to happen: Ruston
Guild negotiators lauded for securing a $3 billion funding boost through Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement The announcement that a heads of agreement has been reached for the 8CPA has been …
Push for mandatory unit dose barcoding
Pharmacists at the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre want the TGA to mandate barcoding for unit dose products Mandating pharmaceutical companies to include barcodes on unit doses of products could boost …
Managing e-scripts remains a challenge
Consumers and health professionals report challenges in managing token-based electronic prescriptions Data from the Australian Digital Health Agency’s (ADHA’s) National Electronic Prescribing Survey reveals that patients, prescribers and pharmacists are …
High flying pharmacist takes to Canberra sky
Capital Chemist-branded balloon takes off as part of the Enlighten Canberra festival Pharmacist and hot air balloon pilot, Amanda Galbraith, is once again flying high over Canberra as part of …