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Aust manufacture of mental health psychedelics on the way
Meanwhile prominent therapist warns of potential limitations of MDMA and psilocybin therapy Leading international cannabis operation Virtura Health – known as the Amazon of medicinal cannabis – may begin manufacturing …
Rural owners fume over 60-day dispensing impact analysis
Shortcomings in the impact analysis used to support the government’s introduction of double dispensing could see rural patients’ medicines costs rise Far from cutting out-of-pocket expenses, 60-day dispensing could result …
Goodbye Malouf, hello Ramsay
Rebranding of Queensland group acquired by controversial pharmacy banner in 2017 finally picks up pace Five formerly Malouf Pharmacies have been rebranded with the Ramsay Pharmacy banner last week in …
$3.5b unlikely to arrest decline in bulk billing
GPs who have abandoned bulk billing are unlikely to be lured back by the government’s $3.5 billion incentive package Incentives designed to boost bulk billing rates are likely to be …
We will get through this
Pharmacists who are feeling anxious about the future of the profession are being urged to reach out to the Pharmacists’ Support Service The introduction of double dispensing may be …
Hospital pharmacists owed thousands; union
Threats of escalation as years-long Royal Hobart Hospital dispute remains unresolved, says HACSU The Tasmanian government is facing union accusations of failing to settle a long-identified significant underpayment of hospital …
Chemist Warehouse boasts 540+ ANZ outlets
ANZ expansion continues apace with 17 new stores since year’s start, group announces on LinkedIn Chemist Warehouse’s expansion continues undiminished with the disruptor retailer claiming it now has 540 stores …
Ahpra to use new power ‘sparingly’
Health regulators will be able to warn the public about registered and unregistered practitioners who are deemed to pose serious risks under new legislation A new power will enable the …
‘Pharmacists don’t clip the ticket’
Suggestions that pharmacists are seen as “retailers… clipping the ticket” and not health professionals, have infuriated pharmacists Minister for Finance, Senator Katy Gallagher, is being accused of enraging the entire …
60-day dispensing unlikely to impact supply: Sansom
Warnings of medicines shortages stemming from the introduction of double dispensing are unlikely to come to pass Australia’s medicines supply chain should be capable of meeting the change in demand …
UTS $5.7m staff underpayment bill
Institution signs Fair Work Enforceable Undertaking after reporting casual staff were underpaid over 7-year period The University of Technology Sydney will have to repay $4.4 million in underpaid wages and …
Double dispensing impact analysis falls short of ‘good practice’
Impact analysis used to support the decision to introduce double dispensing would have benefited from more consultations with pharmacists, a bureaucrat believes An assessment of the impact analysis used to …