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Asthma update
The National Asthma Council Australia has released two new charts for health professionals managing and caring for patients with asthma The new items are a Asthma and COPD Medications chart, …
Care does not change purely on age: Hawthorne
Many people providing services to older people have implicit, rather than explicit, ageist beliefs, one stakeholder says – but a leading consultant pharmacist says there’s a growing understanding that age …
Government defeats 60-day disallowance motion
Labor Senator moves Coalition’s motion to disallow 60-day dispensing, then votes against Efforts to delay the implementation of double dispensing have been defeated in the Senate, after a bizarre series …
Somatropin stocks hit on two fronts
One version of the synthetic growth hormone in short supply while another is discontinued The somatropin products marketed as Norditropin FlexPro 5mg, 10mg and 15mg will be in shortage until …
‘This is the hill I’m willing to die on.’
How should GP pharmacists be paid? One pioneer in the area says it’s vital that Workforce Incentive Program payments are “quarantined” specifically for them Brooke Shelly, GP pharmacist at the …
Coalition leave disallowance motion an orphan
Efforts to stall the implementation of 60-day dispensing are being dubbed a farce by the Prime Minister Moves to disallow the legislative instrument required to enable double dispensing are being …
August MIMS update
We look at some of the recent changes to the medicines landscape, with new products, new indications, contraindications and more New Products Avatrombopag (as maleate) (Doptelet) is an orally bioavailable, …
World news wrapup: 10 August 2023
Canadian pharmacist struck off after giving methadone to patient friend; UK locum suspended after inappropriate behaviour; Syrian meds cost spike St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador: A pharmacist has been found …
Getting MedsAware
Raising awareness on deprescribing as SHPA launches MedsAware Week, featuring a webinar Next week is #MedsAware 2023, SHPA’s Deprescribing Action Week raising awareness around polypharmacy and deprescribing. SHPA President Tom …
Pause 60-day dispensing to secure 8CPA
Coalition Senators are urging the government to pause the roll-out 60-day dispensing as part of a new Community Pharmacy Agreement Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should delay plans to implement double …
Mixed views on Coalition’s 60-day dispensing stance
Medical bodies and patient advocacy groups are taking different views on the Coalition’s commitment to ensure medicines are accessible and affordable Better Access Australia is backing the Coalition’s call for …
Butler spruiks pharmacy changes
“Australian pharmacies are strong and resilient,” says the Health Minister in a new statement about Labor’s plans for the community pharmacy sector Health Minister Mark Butler has released an opinion …