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High demand puts pressure on Shingrix supply chain
GSK expects to deliver 1.1 million doses of its shingles vaccine to the Commonwealth in the first half of 2024 Higher than anticipated demand for the National Immunisation Program (NIP) …
Pharmacies claim over $227k through NIPVIP in January
Pharmacists deliver more than 12,000 jabs through the NIPVIP in the program’s first month Close to half of Australia’s Section 90 approved community pharmacies are registered to participate in the …
Pharmacy assistant nominations open
Nominations for this year’s The Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY) are now open PATY recognises and celebrates outstanding pharmacy assistants’ skills, knowledge, leadership and …
‘What pharmacist activities do our colleagues perceive to be most valuable?’
A new study looking at how colleagues perceive hospital pharmacists has shone a light on their desire for specialised pharmacist roles “Roles of hospital pharmacists should be strategically allocated, with …
An 8CPA wish list, from consultants
A model the Government is forgetting, focusing on the needs of the vulnerable, and casting a wider net outside pharmacy… what effects will the 8CPA have outside community pharmacy? With …
Let us work to scope: hospital pharmacists
Hospital pharmacists can help provide cost-effective health care by working to their full scope, they say in their pre-Budget submission The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has outlined its …
Guild largesse fails to sway Labor
Labor landed a $121,000 donation from the Guild just weeks before revealing plans to implement 60-day dispensing Data released by the Australian Electoral Commission yesterday (1 February) reveals the Australian …
NIPVIP concerns are being heard
Decisions to address concerns around the funding of the NIPVIP program, and rules relating to off-site services are a matter for government, a Department official says Issues relating to fees …
World news wrapup: 1 February 2024
UK PM announces Pharmacy First scheme, Alberta expands pharmacy care clinics; dispenser sentenced after temazepam theft; ChatGPT reveals pharmacy app talk England: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced the …
Include NIPVIP jabs in increase: Sim
Payments for providing some vaccination services are about to rise – but consistency across more jabs is needed The Pharmacy Programs Administrator has confirmed that the new fee for COVID-19 …
‘Every time there is a disaster…’
With yet another natural disaster unfolding in Australia, pharmacists query why continued dispensing arrangements expire after the immediate crisis is over From Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast, the latest flood …
TGA issues inhaler alert
No recall for Boehringer Ingelheim’s Spiriva Respimat Solution for Inhalation 2.5μg, despite issues with the product’s inhaler device Patients are being urged to continue using Boehringer Ingelheim’s Spiriva Respimat …