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60-day dispensing to compound current drug shortages: NPSA
Pharmaceutical wholesalers warn double dispensing will exacerbate existing issues within the Australian medicines supply chain Plans to introduce 60-day dispensing, outlined in draft federal Budget papers, are expected to add …
Confirmed: Butler announces double dispensing
Health Minister Mark Butler has announced 60-day scripts will apply to more than 300 molecules from 1 September Butler has confirmed a policy found in draft Budget papers to implement …
Patients wary of double dispensing: Guild
Warnings that 60-day dispensing could exacerbate medicines shortages and increase the risk of overdose are causing concerns for some patients Convenience is being heralded as a benefit of the proposed …
Government putting PBS at risk
Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) will be pushed to the brink of collapse, if plans to implement 60-day dispensing are introduced Plans to slash government spending on dispensing fees through …
Hammer used in pharmacy attack
Pharmacy impacted by street violence; hammer attack on SA store; man sentenced over serial theft Adelaide, SA: South Australia police have released images of a man suspected to have taken …
‘It really breaks down the fundamental tenet of the PBS’
It’s as though a third disaster is about to hit pharmacy, says one sector leader: bushfires, Covid-19 and now 60-day dispensing Australians are already facing dire shortages of several key …
Alleged drug trafficking pharmacist suspended
The Pharmacy Board of Australia has suspended the registration of a pharmacist who is facing charges relating to the alleged unauthorised supply of steroids to criminals A Melbourne-based pharmacist …
Union ‘concerned’ about consequences of 60-day dispensing
Warnings of potential job losses stemming from draft Budget plans to introduce double dispensing is concerning union group, Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) Employee pharmacists are being urged to contact the …
‘It’s my fault, I voted for Labor’
Patients are being warned that plans to introduce 60-day dispensing from 1 July will impact the supply of medicines and services through community pharmacies Labor’s plan to introduce double dispensing …
The week in review
Uncertainty over the possibility of 60-day dispensing intensified this week, as draft Budget papers show it could soon be a reality The Pharmacy Guild of Australia held an emergency webinar …
Aged care project to take off
A new project is set to give care providers, consumers and policy makers crucial data on medicines use and safety in aged care homes The change comes via the recent …
‘Short-sighted’ plan to cost millions
Savings made through the federal government’s double dispensing proposal will come at a significant cost, a former Pharmacy Guild of Australia national president warns Moves to implement 60-day dispensing are …