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Mandatory use of MHR key for pharmacist prescribing: PPA
Union calls for mandatory use of the My Health Record (MHR) for pharmacist prescribing going forward Requiring pharmacists to use patients’ MHRs could ease concerns about jurisdictions expanding the profession’s …
Pay won’t go backwards due to 60-day dispensing: PPA
Employee pharmacists’ wages are unlikely to decline due to double dispensing Opportunities for pharmacists to work in roles outside community pharmacy are likely to ensure that pay rates do not …
Raven’s Recruitment secures ELS reappointment
Pharmacist placement firm, Raven’s Recruitment, is being invited to continue operating the Emergency Locum Service (ELS) program Raven’s Recruitment is set to continue operating the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) …
Diabetes wonder treatment insulin soon available locally
June 1923: newly-discovered insulin was on its way, debate raged over the title “chemist” and newly outlawed cocaine was also under discussion in the AJP One of the key stories …
Quitting smoking and protecting young people: vaping issues
Pharmacist Angelo Pricolo spoke with “harm minimisation royalty” about the “last-ditch” quit-smoking approach of vaping – and why it’s better for kids to vape than smoke At the Australian Pharmacy …
The top ten
Double dispensing continues to dominate the news cycle, but never rule out Chemist Warehouse 60-day dispensing has remained the dominant news topic in the pharmacy news cycle for the second …
Pharmacy information will boost double dispensing modelling
Pharmacy groups are being invited to share data with the Department of Health and Aged Care to support new 60-day dispensing modelling The Department of Health is continuing to work …
Concerns grow over 60 day impacts
Parliamentary crossbenchers are increasingly wary of some of the unintended consequences of 60 day dispensing, a senior Guild official says as they fight for it to be addressed in an …
‘We did what we could under the limits of confidentiality’: Murphy
Consultation about the controversial 60-day dispensing Budget measure was “necessarily limited”, Department of Health boss says Confidentiality requirements restricted the Department of Health’s ability to consult more widely on the potential …
Inappropriate prescribing revealed by pharmacy probe
An investigation into a pharmacy sparked another into a GP, who wrote 121 fentanyl scripts for one person in just over a year The Civil and Administrative Tribunal NSW has …
World news wrapup: 8 June 2023
Irish pharmacists claim to be kept in the dark by Health Minister; CWH customers offered NZ$5 to defect to independents; UK media told to stop “pharmacy-bashing” as closures risk lives …
Gallagher wants pharmacists providing more health services
Minister reiterates desire to see pharmacists as health professionals rather than “retailers” Double dispensing will give community pharmacists the opportunity to provide a broader range of health services, Senator Katy …