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Chemist Warehouse exec snaps up Brunswick St site
Double-fronted premises on hip Melbourne shopping strip purchased by unnamed “backer” of CWH; report A “backer of Chemist Warehouse” who is also a pharmacist has purchased a 300 sqm floor …
Priceline’s media account up for grabs
After nine years with one agency, pharmacy’s pinkest multi-million dollar account has been put out to tender The valuable and highly-prized Priceline media account has been put out to tender …
Pharmacists should be supported: Ryan
Double dispensing advocate seeks safe scope expansion for pharmacists Doctor-turned-politician, Dr Monique Ryan, is urging the federal government appropriately support the community pharmacy sector to mitigate against the adverse impacts …
Protect patient access: wholesalers
Wholesalers are calling for a broad consultation into double dispensing and its impacts, saying that they are ready to work with both government and pharmacy National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA) …
‘Definitive proof they were wrong’
GPs are again lashing out against the Queensland UTI pilot , but its final report vindicates the service, say both Queensland Health and the Pharmacy Guild Upon the release of …
UTI pilot pharmacists stuck to protocols: report
The final Service Evaluation Report of the Urinary Infection Pharmacy Pilot has been released, which the Pharmacy Guild has said “ends months of speculative and detrimental false claims made from …
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 …