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Work together for better wages
Guild boss wants pharmacists’ wages to rise but stresses businesses need to have extra funds to cover higher pay Calls for increases to employee pharmacists’ pay rates are being backed …
Department consults union on 8CPA
Employee pharmacists to have say in Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) discussions, union reveals Union group, Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA), will join organisations including the Royal Australian College of General …
Queenslander takes out pharmacy assistant title
The national winner of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic National Pharmacy Assistant of the Year award has been officially announced Colby Diek, representing Queensland, was named pharmacy assistant of the …
‘You cannot polish up garbage.’
The federal government has “tried to gag” CAPS protesters, a leader of the movement says – as he outlines a list of demands sent to the Guild and PM and …
Everyone must pay their share
Cutting payroll tax for general practitioners will not boost access to medical appointments, Guild leader says Any changes to payroll tax requirements granted to GPs should be extended to all …
‘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 …