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When is a script not a script?
A pharmacist spotted several significant errors in an off-label script for ketamine, which the prescriber then tried to claim was not really a script at all The Health Care Complaints …
Docs push ‘terrible policy’
The RACGP has weighed into calls for double dispensing ahead of the May Federal Budget The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners says that allowing 60-day scripts would halve dispensing …
Invest in future, says SHPA
SHPA says a key NSW election pledge to fund the state’s future healthcare workforce must include pharmacist positions In welcoming the election of the Minns Labor Government in NSW over …
Rents hit by inflation
Spike in rural rental prices revealed by report, while inflationary pressures are hitting rents especially hard in one state While the status quo has been maintained in terms of …
Time to deliver on 7CPA promises: wholesalers
Funding arrangements for pharmaceutical wholesalers in the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) are not being honoured, an industry leader says Wholesalers are being short-changed by failures to honour the “the …
Who’s in the money?
Chemist Warehouse chiefs have made another rich list, with more speculation about a float The Australian has released the 2023 edition of The List – Australia’s Richest 250, detailing who’s …
Back in black; the gentle Sigma turnaround
But tough times ahead as interest rates and inflation “impact consumer spending” though banner consolidation is “on track” Sigma Healthcare has gently reversed its fortunes, reporting a modest profit $1.8 …
Australia still prone to “radical” shortages post-pandemic
GBMA’s Jane Halton says pandemic lesson is pricing, lack of market influence and geography still leave Australia’s medicines supply vulnerable A senior pharma industry leader has warned Australia is still …
The week in review
The eyes of the nation turned to the Gold Coast this week, as we heard from Guild representatives, politicians and other pharmacy leaders at APP2023 Thousands of pharmacists from around …
Quirky video comes out on top
Pharmacy 777 Port Hedland in Western Australia is the first prize winner for Best Video in the Pharmacy Guild’s 2023 ‘Why I Love Rural Pharmacy’ video competition The contest was open to …
More vaccines streamlined via pharmacy
Tasmanian pharmacists will now be able to administer more vaccines – and GPs are predictably outraged Hot on the heels of the announcement earlier this week that Tasmanian pharmacists would …
‘Outstanding ambassador’ named top intern
The Intern of the Year award was announced at this year’s APP conference on the Gold Coast: Kamilaroi woman Georgina Morris Morris received the Pharmacy Guild of Australia/MIMS Intern of …