Beware tobacco companies offering deals: PSA
Tobacco giant offering cut-price deals to pharmacies to stock vaping products Pharmacists are being urged to be sceptical of approaches from tobacco companies looking to secure supply arrangements for prescription …
No consultation, but lots of spin
Guild calls on Prime Minister to stop the cycle of spin and re-engaged with the community pharmacy sector In the absence of consultation with pharmacists over 60-day dispensing, Mark Butler …
Community mourns passing of award-winning pharmacist
Patients in the Victorian town of Beechworth are mourning the death of local pharmacy owner, Ruth Parker Australian Patients’ Association Most Outstanding Community Pharmacist Award 2022 winner, Parker (47), died …
Poll: Decision makers need community pharmacy experience
Could the appointment of a Chief Pharmacist improve relations between the Department of Health and the community pharmacy sector? Bureaucrats behind the new national methadone Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) system …
No end in sight for medicines shortages
Ongoing medicines shortages are unlikely to end anytime soon, a Pharmacy Guild of Australia leader claims Patients will suffer because of shortages of vital medications across Australia, Andre Ngeow, the …
Ministers set to front pharmacy conference
Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, will deliver the opening address at PSA23 later this month The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has confirmed that Butler will …
Rushed changes are breaking pharmacy
Pharmacists are running out of time and energy to fix problems with the new national methadone Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) system Clerical drama surrounding changes to opioid management programs, combined …
Pharmacist jailed over PBS fraud
A refugee who achieved her dream of becoming a pharmacist will serve six months behind bars after pleading guilty to defrauding the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) of $4.1m Over the …
National Pharmacies EBA a template to follow
Employee pharmacists working for the National Pharmacies group are leading the way for others in the community pharmacy sector in securing improved pay and conditions, union leaders believe Union group, …
UTI management already within pharmacists’ scope
Managing urinary tract infections (UTIs) is less of a leap in terms of the expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice than vaccination was Pharmacy graduates are “well equipped” to assist …
Doctor and patient groups make 60-day dispensing plea
MPs and Senators are being urged to back legislation that will see maximum dispense quantities increase for 325 molecules Medical organisations, health, and patient advocacy groups are calling on federal …
Labor names new Doh Secretary pick
Former NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet Secretary is set to takeover Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care Outgoing Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care, Professor …