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‘A small bit of hope’
“I’ll stay fighting with you,” Opposition health spokesperson Senator Anne Ruston tells pharmacists gathered to protest 60-day dispensing in Canberra Ruston addressed a gathering of more than 2,000 pharmacists from …
Grassroots GPs back scope expansion: Twomey
General practitioners in northern Queensland are happily supporting efforts to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice Despite criticism from medical organisations GPs are happy to see pharmacists play a greater role …
First Trans-Tasman hospital pharmacy partnership forged
Australian, New Zealand hospital pharmacists hope MoU will strengthen their knowledge pool Professional collaboration and the advancement of practice in Australian and New Zealand pharmacy is a step closer today, …
Guild hires silk over ‘broken’ 7CPA
Guild investigates legal options over 60-day dispensing changes ahead of talks for the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) Pharmacy owners are set to receive advice about the possibility of taking …
Benefits of 60-day scripts limited by lack of repeats
Minimum number of repeats needed to deliver on 60-day dispensing promises Patients who are deemed to be suitably stable on their medication to receive a 60-day prescription should be given …
The week in review
A week’s a long time in the pharmacy sector right now, as double dispensing begins (not without uncertainty), as do 8CPA talks On Friday, the Pharmacy Guild told us that …
S8s in filing cabinet, in boxes on the floor
A pharmacy kept expired or returned S8s in a box on the dispensary floor, and left S4s in a vaccination room where patients could have accessed them The Victorian Pharmacy …
$1.2m of vapes seized
The TGA has executed multiple warrants on storage units and residences in Brisbane and seized over 40,000 vaping products The products have an estimated street value of over $1.2 million, …
Docs take aim at 60-day disallowance motion
Mark Butler still calling pharmacist objection to double dispensing a “scare campaign,” even as 8CPA talks begin Federal health minister Mark Butler has declared 1 September, 2023 a “great day …
NSW ‘keen’ to expand pharmacists’ scope
NSW is set to implement a state-wide scope of practice trial mirroring the North Queensland Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot Expanding community pharmacists’ scope of practice will deliver benefits to …
8CPA negotiations begin
The Pharmacy Guild and the Albanese Government have agreed to immediately enter negotiations to secure an 8CPA, with the Guild suspending its campaign against 60-day dispensing And talks began on …
Aussies near top of the ‘hit parade’ of drug takers
Government health care cost-cutting, accusations of bias at the ABC and Australians reported as “pill poppers”…it’s the end of the 1970s and the AJP is taking issue with the federal …