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Stress, money worries and sense of grievance sparked PBS fraud
A pharmacist has successfully appealed his sentence for offences relating to a nearly $290,000 PBS fraud The Court of Criminal Appeal NSW has heard the case of Felix Yue-Sing Chan, …
Double dispensing won’t increase demand
The government is working with wholesalers to ensure medicines supply ahead of 60-day dispensing rollout Increases in maximum dispensing quantities are not expected to fuel medicines shortages a Department of …
Ordine discontinued
The TGA has announced that the supply of Ordine (morphine) oral liquid will be discontinued in Australia between November 2023 and early 2024 “While Ordine oral liquids are still available …
Remember your obligations: Shakespeare
Pharmacists are being urged to talk to a patient’s prescriber if they have clinical concerns regarding their suitability for 60-day prescriptions Community pharmacists are being reminded of their obligations under …
Pollies to get CAPS welcome to Canberra
Federal Senators and MPs are set to be greeted by pharmacists and pharmacy assistants voicing their opposition to 60-day dispensing when they land in Canberra on Sunday Pharmacy activists plan …
Benzos, stimulants increasingly implicated in drug deaths
Pharmacists have added their voices to calls for more government and organisational intervention in reducing drug overdose “Unintentional overdose death has far outpaced our population growth over the past two …
Research priorities revealed
The federal government has released its Primary Health Research Plan, developed to guide Medical Research Future Fund investments The plan has been developed by an independent expert advisory panel to …
No reduction in ODT services
Bureaucrats refute suggestions pharmacies are dropping out of the national opioid dependence treatment (ODT) program Community pharmacies are looking to join the national methadone Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) despite suggestions …
Banned substances found in sports supplements
TGA takes action against a Sydney-based company over the alleged unlaw advertising and supply of sports supplements containing prohibited substances EmpireLabz Australia Pty Ltd, has been issued seven infringement notices …
The impact of medication shortages
Who is hit hardest by medicines shortages…and how do they affect community pharmacists? Jack Janetzki, Wern Chai, Tien Bui, Fei Sim and Vijayaprakash Suppiah investigate The researchers present preliminary findings …
‘We all make mistakes’
Despite prescribing “very high” amounts of fentanyl and oxycodone to a patient, a doctor did not realise he was drug dependent until receiving a phone call from an interstate pharmacist …
‘We are fighting for our profession’
Protest organisers call for solidarity in the battle to pause 60-day dispensing rollout Pharmacists who are unable to make it to Canberra for the Community and Pharmacy Support Group’s (CAPS’s) …