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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 …
RUM Project may need funding boost
Additional funding may be required to support the collection and disposal of unused medicines stemming from the introduction of 60-day dispensing Plans to increase the quantities of medications dispensed on …
‘Clipping the ticket’ comment sparks pharmacy fury
Community pharmacists seek apology from federal Minister for Finance over ‘clipping the ticket’ remark Senator Katy Gallagher is attracting the ire of community pharmacists after a speech in the Senate …
The top ten
What were the ten most clicked stories over the previous month? One topic has dominated the pharmacy news cycle like no other in recent weeks… and yes our top ten …
The week in review
It was a challenging week for Australia’s community pharmacy sector, as Treasurer, Jim Chalmers announced the federal Budget, while pleas for MBS provider numbers were also knocked back Efforts to win …
Start date set for prescribing trial
Pharmacists in NSW are set will be given the green light to prescribe medications to women with uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) from Monday (15 May) Close to 100 …
‘There is no need to leave the profession.’
One pharmacy stakeholder is being inundated with commentary about 60-day dispensing from worried pharmacists – with some thinking about leaving the profession Dr Fei Sim, national president of the Pharmaceutical …
‘You’d be better off retraining as a bus or train driver’
A call for civil disobedience, worry about a ticking time bomb planted by the Government and a gloomy assessment of a better future in public transport… here’s what our readers …