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Fred IT to host national electronic prescription service
Fred IT Group has been awarded the contract to deliver the next phase of the national electronic prescription delivery service for the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care …
How quickly they forget
Efforts to ensure patients retained access to face-to-face primary healthcare during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic appear to be forgotten, an industry leader believes Federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers’ decision …
‘We must stay united’
The next few weeks will be “critical for negotiation” and to influence how 60-day dispensing plays out, says one pharmacy leader Following Tuesday (9 May 2023) night’s Federal Budget, in …
Petition fails to move Minister
Pharmacists will not be getting Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) provider numbers any time soon, Moves to provide individual MBS provider numbers to pharmacists will require a recommendation from the Pharmaceutical …
ASL uptake lags as pharmacy printing costs soar
Australia’s rollout of paperless prescriptions is behind an increase in printing costs for community pharmacies Electronic prescribing had been expected to reduce the health sector’s reliance on paper, but it …
A troubled new age looms
Federal Budget delivers expected pain for community pharmacy, with some minor gains, while general practice wins major concessions Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered what many in community pharmacy are …
‘You just destroyed community pharmacy’
Double dispensing has been announced in Tuesday night’s Budget – and pharmacists are expressing their disappointment As previously confirmed would happen by Health Minister Mark Butler, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has …
Cannabis slipups
Inspectors have been conducting targeted inspections of pharmacies which dispense high volumes of medicinal cannabis… what did they find? The Victorian Pharmacy Authority has warned pharmacy owners that medicinal cannabis …
Priceline targeted over double dispensing
A campaign to boycott Priceline has begun on social media, with one of its stars urged to explain her stance on 60-day scripts The Pharmacy Guild’s campaign against double dispensing …
Pharmacists to be aged care knowledge brokers
Monash University has been awarded $1.5 million to investigate the role for embedded pharmacists in aged care Medicines Advisory Committees An investigation into how pharmacists can work with other health …
Vitamin company shark oil claims seem fishy; ACCC
Wealthy Health claims about its squalene product “likely misleading” and in breach of consumer law Universal Pharmaceuticals has undertaken not to make representations that its Wealthy Health products contain squalene …
Looking after yourself ‘not a luxury but a necessity’: PDL officers
PDL Professional Officers Naomi Lim and Jess Hadley talk early career pharmacy, PDL member support in expanded scope of practice, and how to deal with overwhelm Naomi and Jess stop …