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No to concessional co-payment cut
Pharmacists can offer cost-of-living relief to concession cardholders by opting to discount Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines by up to $1, Mark Butler says Concessional co-payment pain can be eased …
Liberal MP ‘digs deep’ on double dispensing
Pharmacists will all be impacted by 60-day dispensing, but every pharmacy will be impacted in its own way, one Sydney MP has been told by members of the profession Marianne …
Credlin ‘fooled’ by Government: ‘Thank God I talked to my pharmacist’
Political commentator Peta Credlin has lashed out at double dispensing, saying pharmacies are paying while the Government saves money – and taking a swipe at opioid replacement therapy The former …
Navigating the road ahead: new head for NSW PSA
Luke Kelly has been elected President of the PSA’s NSW branch Kelly is the President of the Newcastle Hunter Valley Pharmacists Association (NHVPA), clinical leadership lecturer at the University of …
Double dispensing prompts rural action
Rural pharmacists are being urged to share “positive stories” to show that the sector is “indispensable to rural communities” as part of a new campaign The Rural Pharmacy Network Australia …
Government Aldifying pharmacy
Double dispensing will result in the “Aldification” of community pharmacy, a customer warns Plans to roll out 60-day dispensing will turn pharmacies into impersonal stores, where shoppers “shuffle in and …
GSK’s $1.5b payday
Brit pharmaco scores big with discount selloff of Haleon shares British pharmaceutical giant GSK has sold off 240 million shares in consumer health operation Haleon raising around GBP804 million (AUD$1.5 billion) …
AFT to pay first dividend as income soars 20%
Kiwi Maxigesic owner posts $NZD20m profit boosted by licensing income AFT Pharmaceuticals, the New Zealand-headquartered outfit best known for its Maxigesic ibuprofen/paracetamol combination, will pay its first dividend in its …
The week in review
The furore over 60-day dispensing continued this week, plus there were allegations of wage theft, pharmacies were targeted by anti-vaccinators and new powers for Ahpra Jason Lange, the executive director …
Security guard kicked in head
A Gold Coast security guard has said that if it wasn’t for the quick actions of a customer, he could have been badly hurt in a pharmacy brawl Harbour Town, …
Ruston slams Labor’s 60-day dispensing policy
Plans to commence implementation of double dispensing from 1 September looks like policy “on the run”, Senator Anne Ruston says Labor’s reliance on an impact analysis that failed to meet …
Aged care context must be ‘front and centre’ say docs
Draft standards for pharmacists in residential aged care are not specific enough and must prevent conflicts of interest, say doctors The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has provided a …