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Does the Department understand pharmacy?
Pharmacists should prepare for more confusion as Department of Health officials appear to have little insight into the profession’s role Issues surrounding the transition to the national methadone Pharmaceutical Benefits …
Not perfect, but new ODT guidelines ease script expiry fears
Revamped guidelines for the new national methadone Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) system remain flawed, but will better support patients, a pharmacist believes Pharmacists will be able to provide patients undergoing …
Keeping up with the business
We reveal the 10 most read columns from our business experts so far this year While 60 day dispensing again features prominently in one of our half yearly top story …
Beware tobacco companies offering deals: PSA
Tobacco giant offering cut-price deals to pharmacies to stock vaping products Pharmacists are being urged to be sceptical of approaches from tobacco companies looking to secure supply arrangements for prescription …
Hospital concerns met
SHPA welcomes support for post-discharge medicine supply and the successful trial of a new liquid opioid management system A major New South Wales government announcement meets long-standing requests for post-discharge …
Looking at harm minimisation
Methadone, buprenorphine, drug testing, naloxone and more: we discuss the latest views and opinions with a panel of experts Why is the naloxone program not seeing wider take-up? Should pharmacists …
Week in review
Claims government is ‘front loading’ 60-day dispensing, as Ministers prepare to front a pharmacy conference, while complaints grow over the new methadone scheme Debate continued to rage during the week …
Listen here: our top 10 podcasts
A mix of topics feature in our top 10 podcasts for the first half of 2023 These were the ten most opened podcasts for the first six months of 2023 …
No consultation, but lots of spin
Guild calls on Prime Minister to stop the cycle of spin and re-engaged with the community pharmacy sector In the absence of consultation with pharmacists over 60-day dispensing, Mark Butler …
Community mourns passing of award-winning pharmacist
Patients in the Victorian town of Beechworth are mourning the death of local pharmacy owner, Ruth Parker Australian Patients’ Association Most Outstanding Community Pharmacist Award 2022 winner, Parker (47), died …
What women want
Australian women are increasingly seeing the benefits in having direct access to oral contraceptives through community pharmacy, researchers say A detailed series of interviews with 20 women aged between 18 …
Twomey reiterates government consultation plea over 60-day
Daily Telegraph op-ed by Guild boss says cheaper medicines can be achieved without “forcing pharmacies to shut” Pharmacy Guild national president Professor Trent Twomey has used a Daily Telegraph opinion …