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The next step
King Review focus to move to the consumer perspective: Minister Health Minister Sussan Ley says the next step in the King Review process is to determine what consumers want from …
Ley answers on King Review, hep C, NDSS
Health Minister Sussan Ley covers NDSS transition hiccups, prices of hep C medication and health care homes at the PSA 2016 conference “Pharmacists and GPs represent the two central pillars …
New centre to battle antimicrobial resistance
University of Queensland launched a Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) today to strengthen regional and global responses to antimicrobial resistance brings together leading scientists and clinicians from more than 10 countries. …
FIP releases disaster access guidelines
The first global guidelines that support continued access to medicines and pharmacy expertise during natural disasters, such as floods, heat waves and earthquakes, have bee released by the International Pharmaceutical …
Noel Fosbery is Pharmacist of the Year
The PSA has awarded the title of Pharmacist of the Year to Noel Fosbery. Fosbery was recognised for his work with opioid therapy for drug addicts, and his having produced …
Infamous pharmacy spats on Twitter
Representatives of the Pharmacy Guild and the RACGP have once again exchanged terse words on the social media platform It all began with 140 characters. David Quilty, Executive Director of …
Pharmacy owners tackling decade-high rents
Get back to the basics or risk losing your business, warns retail leasing specialist Pharmacy rents are at their highest in a decade and even outstripping the Consumer Price Index …
CMs: people-oriented health care, or undermining integrity?
The King Review discussion paper released yesterday has shone a light on the complementary medicines sector, querying whether it is appropriate for these products to be sold in community pharmacy. …
Health and community sector the most confident
The health and community sector remains a leader in business confidence, the latest Sensis Business Index survey shows. The survey found that overall business confidence rose by nine points this …
CHF funded to consult on King Review, meets with Ley
The Consumers Health Forum, which holds pharmacy reform as a key priority, has welcomed Sussan Ley’s “receptive” response to its call for consumer-lead health solutions Pharmacy reform “to support new …
Aussies ignorant on opioid addiction, but not pharmacists
A huge proportion of Australians believe negative stereotypes about people with opioid addictions, but pharmacists are, for the most part, a significant exception. So says Bee Ismail, CEO of ScriptWise, …
Pharmacies key in massive Hep C drug takeup
Community pharmacies across Australia have played a significant role in the outstanding progress made in the treatment of Australians with hepatitis C since the listing of new medicines in March …