ATAGI makes Moderna biavalent recommendation
Moderna’s Covid-19 biavalent BA.4/5 vaccine is being recommended for use as a booster adolescents and adults aged 12 years and older The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) issued …
Migration matters
Does immigration enable the profession to provide more services, or merely generate a source of cheap labour for pharmacies? Readers of the AJP have their say With the Pharmacy Guild …
NSW prescribing pilot a ‘breakthrough’ for women
Rural women will benefit from improved access to healthcare through the NSW pharmacy prescribing trial, a senior lecturer at the University of New England (UNE) believes With a growing shortage …
MBS access call gets backing of 2020
More than 2000 people have backed a petition calling for pharmacists to be given access to Medicare provider numbers Melbourne-based pharmacist, Pardeep Singh’s petition called on politicians to “recognise pharmacists …
Guild backs immigration rethink
Plans to shift Australia’s visa system’s focus from temporary workers to permanent migration are being welcomed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia Speaking at the Australian Financial Review’s Workforce Summit …
Flood-affected pharmacies must be supported
Concerns are being raised over delays in processing flood relief payments to businesses, including a community pharmacy, four months after it was inundated Business owners affected by floods in regional …
LNP votes against supporting Queensland prescribing trial
Minister accused of misleading tweets over LNP’s stance on North Queensland Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot (NQPSPP) Speaking in the state parliament yesterday, Yvette D’Ath, Queensland Minister for Health, hit …
APC secures FIP Seal Award
The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) is the first pharmacy accreditation agency to receive the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Seal award The Seal was designed to provide quality assurance for pharmacy …
To fund or not to fund 24-hour pharmacies?
Governments in South Australia and the Northern Territory are adopting opposing views on funding 24-hour pharmacies South Australia’s state government will provide a total of $900,000 to three pharmacies to …
ChatGPT sets out reasons for pharmacist prescribing
Improved access to care, quality use of medicines and increased efficiency are reasons to support pharmacist prescribing, according to the artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT With pharmacist prescribing trials fuelling tension …
Pharmacy bodies say ‘yes’ to Voice
Calls for the introduction of a First National Voice to Parliament are being backed by major pharmacy organisations The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) and trade union group Professional Pharmacists Australia …
‘You did nothing but claim credit’
A senior official from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is claiming undue credit in relation to the NSW prescribing pilot Gerard Benedet, …