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‘It’s my fault, I voted for Labor’
Patients are being warned that plans to introduce 60-day dispensing from 1 July will impact the supply of medicines and services through community pharmacies Labor’s plan to introduce double dispensing …
‘Short-sighted’ plan to cost millions
Savings made through the federal government’s double dispensing proposal will come at a significant cost, a former Pharmacy Guild of Australia national president warns Moves to implement 60-day dispensing are …
Double dispensing puts health system at risk
Australia’s health system will come under increased pressure if 60-day dispensing is introduced, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) warns Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, is being urged to scrap plans to …
Double dispensing will fuel medication shortages
Common medications will be hard to find from July, if the federal government goes ahead with draft Budget measures to implement 60-day dispensing Pharmacists will be forced to tell patients they …
Pharmacies face $1b Budget threat
Plans to introduce double dispensing in next month’s federal Budget could lead to the closure of hundreds of pharmacies across the country Draft Budget papers have heralded the introduction of …
API moves to buy SILK Laser for $169M
Board of 140-plus non-surgical aesthetics clinic chain supports deal Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) has entered into an transaction process agreement with non-surgical aesthetics outfit SILK Laser Australia to acquire 100% …
Don’t jump the gun – UTI trial delayed
Pharmacists who are registered to participate in the NSW Pharmacist Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) Trail, are being urged to hold off treating patients until researchers give the green …
You’ve improved your IQ and your EQ – what about your AQ?
“Your industry is very specific. But what’s going to change it likely comes from outside of it” says Future Crunch co-founder Future Crunch is part of a global movement of …
PBS co-payment cut an opportunity for Chalmers
Treasurer has opportunity to ease cost-of-living pressures in Budget by slashing patients’ medication spending Jim Chalmers, the federal Treasurer can make medicines more affordable, without adding to inflationary pressures by …
Guild ‘needs you’
Pharmacy owners are being urged to lobby their local politicians to back the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s Affordable Medicines Now campaign Professor Trent Twomey, the Guild’s National President, wants community …
Pharmacies facing increase in ‘cyber activity’
Andrew McManus, Fred IT Group’s general manager service delivery, addresses the rising threat cyber criminals pose to Australia’s community pharmacy network and how to defend against attacks “The risk is …
Affordable Medicines Now ‘a Guild scam’: Duckett
Calls for a further reduction in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) general co-payment are “a scam to drive discounters out of business”, a health economist believes Efforts by the Pharmacy …