‘Growing year on year.’
The number of GP pharmacists has more than doubled over the past few years, and is expected to grow further alongside the Workforce Incentive Program Changes to the Workforce Incentive …
Changes to mandatory reporting now in effect
“We want to ensure practitioners with health issues feel safe to seek treatment without fear of an unnecessary mandatory notification,” says AHPRA Amendments to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law …
Rapid rise in prescribing ‘quite concerning’
More medication reviews and education on psychotropic medicines are needed for those entering aged care, with pharmacists ‘best placed’ to provide this, say leading researchers Dispensing of psychotropic medicines to …
Ramsay reports $2.7b Australian revenue
The healthcare giant says its community pharmacy franchise network is performing well, but also reports “challenging conditions” in Australia, citing the bushfires and coronavirus threat Ramsay Health Care has reported total …
No costs for appeal of S8, S4D ban
A Sydney GP will not receive payment of costs by Medical Council of NSW following Impaired Registrants Panel, but he will be allowed to continue prescribing S8 and S4D drugs A …
‘Patients deserve better.’
Guild calls out deregulation as US system exposed as a “profit-before-all-else pharmacy racket” A recent exposé in the New York Times has alleged that Walgreens pharmacy employees are under significant …
‘Our younger pharmacists are really struggling.’
Pharmacists and pharmacy staff have a right to feel safe and be treated with respect, according to a new resource released by PDL and the Pharmacy Guild The Pharmacy Guild …
8 things to know about bushfire smoke and health
There is an urgent need for a national health strategy to protect the population from exposure to bushfire smoke, say researchers While bushfires have always been a feature of the …
IV infusions under fire
Complaint filed to HCCC and TGA over therapeutic claims for IV therapy made by Australian clinics A number of Australian businesses are making therapeutic claims for IV therapy that a …
‘Rivers of gold’ for pharmacy owners?
CPA characterised as lucrative deal for the Guild, while its national president’s salary revealed as one of the highest for union and employer groups in Australia In part two of …
Serious complaints withdrawn
Eight complaints against a former compounding pharmacist have been dropped by the HCCC, but only after he promised to “never again” seek registration in the future The HCCC has withdrawn …
Shifting the debate
When it comes to pharmacist prescribing, the focus is too heavy on initiation and not enough on deprescribing, argue two pharmacy researchers The ongoing discussion about pharmacist prescribing rights in …
