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‘We don’t realise how valuable pharmacists are’
Double dispensing decision leaves doctor “flabbergasted” Labor’s plan to introduce 60-day dispensing will have significant unintended consequences, a former Assistant Health Minister warns. Speaking in the House of Representatives on …
Pharmacy figures rocket up Rich List
Chemist Warehouse and Apotex bosses all fare much better in new Fin Review wealth ranking The richest people in pharmacy have seen a sharp reversal of their fortunes upwards in …
Guild seeks ‘sensible way forward’ on double dispensing
Community pharmacists are being urged to “keep the pressure on the government” to limit the adverse impacts of 60-day dispensing Government officials need to restart negotiations with community pharmacy leaders …
Minister at the hospital pharmacy coalface
Federal minister Emma McBride has recently returned to her professional roots and visited a regional hospital pharmacy McBride, the Assistant Minister for Regional and Rural Health, and a hospital pharmacist, …
Lack of pharmacist prescribing ‘particularly problematic’
Limitations on the role of pharmacists are “key barriers” to contraceptive access, a new report says A Report tabled by the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee, Ending the postcode lottery: Addressing …
One in 10 pharmacists will ‘go underwater’: Gance
Chemist Warehouse chairman and co-founder Jack Gance has told an agribusiness forum about what he sees as “the trouble with pharmacy” Gance has appeared at the 2023 Global Food Forum …
The week in review
Double dispensing continues to dominate the headlines this week, plus the pharmacy sector lost two key people The fallout over 60-day dispensing continues, with the Guild refuting claims by Labor’s …
Scholarship awarded
The inaugural recipient of the Andrew Tu Scholarship has been announced The Sydney Pharmacy School has announced that Sanam Fath-Abadi is the inaugural recipient of Andrew Tu Scholarship. Sanam is …
Palliative care training wins grant
A new Pharmaceutical Society of Australia training program has been announced as one of the successful recipients of the Australian Government’s National Palliative Care Projects grants program Pharmacists will enhance …
Could an early 8CPA ease double dispensing fears?
Access to cheaper medicines can be secured without the potential adverse effects of double dispensing if the government comes back to the table, according to the Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
Pharmacist’s case marks Ahpra’s 100th criminal prosecution
A man let his provisional registration lapse – and then told his employer he was registered and worked full time as a pharmacist The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency has …
Sim ‘humbled’ to be re-elected PSA president
West Australian, Dr Fei Sim, will continue as the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s national president, as the organisation prepares for the start of Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) talks. …