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Free flu jab drive to roll out in WA
The PSA and doctors have welcomed a WA move to provide access for all to free flu jabs in pharmacy Western Australia’s McGowan Government has announced that it will offer …
Docs push for further pharmacy change
Doctors may have gotten their way when it comes to 60-day dispensing… what else are they asking for? The Australian Medical Association has released a “checklist for cheaper medicines,” following …
Double dispensing puts health system at risk
Australia’s health system will come under increased pressure if 60-day dispensing is introduced, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) warns Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, is being urged to scrap plans to …
Double dispensing will fuel medication shortages
Common medications will be hard to find from July, if the federal government goes ahead with draft Budget measures to implement 60-day dispensing Pharmacists will be forced to tell patients they …
Pharmacies face $1b Budget threat
Plans to introduce double dispensing in next month’s federal Budget could lead to the closure of hundreds of pharmacies across the country Draft Budget papers have heralded the introduction of …
How a consultant practice community was created
Deborah Hawthorne writes about how consultant pharmacists began to support each other during Covid… and beyond It was 2020, and the COVID pandemic had been declared. Pharmacists within all organisations …
Stewardship praised
Hospital pharmacists have paid tribute to the work of a health leader who was instrumental in the Covid-19 pandemic and in changes for pharmacy compounding The Society of Hospital Pharmacists …
April MIMS update
We look at some of the recent changes to the medicines landscape, with new products as well as changes to indications New products Belzutifan (Welireg) is an inhibitor of hypoxia‑inducible …
‘Total uncertainty’ reigns over aged care pharmacist funding
The “brain drain” from community pharmacy began long before the concept of embedding pharmacists in aged care, says one pharmacy aged care leader, who also criticised funding issues “With under …
GP grants no cure all: Guild
New grants to “boost general practice infrastructure in Australia” will do little to rectify the current challenges in primary care, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia warns Under the $220 million …
API moves to buy SILK Laser for $169M
Board of 140-plus non-surgical aesthetics clinic chain supports deal Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) has entered into an transaction process agreement with non-surgical aesthetics outfit SILK Laser Australia to acquire 100% …
Aussie elected to FIP Board of Pharmaceutical Practice
Australian representation on the International Pharmaceutical Federation’s (FIP’s) Board of Pharmaceutical Practice is continuing to grow Sydney-based consultant pharmacist, Tara Hehir, who was named as the new president of FIP’s …