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Union secures courtroom win
Pharmacy owners are being put on notice to ensure they are paying staff their full entitlements following a court ruling last week. A Victorian employee pharmacist reclaimed more than …
Health Australia’s ‘first priority issues for 2023’
Reform of Australia’s primary care system will be the nation’s top priority over the next 12 months, following Friday’s National Cabinet meeting. Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, said the Strengthening …
Medicare Taskforce wants barriers to full scope removed
Barriers preventing primary care health professionals, including pharmacists, from working to their full scope need to be removed, the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce believes. The Strengthening Medicare Taskforce Report released …
The week in review
There’s been a lot to keep up with in pharmacy this week, with the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce released, more GP-pharmacy turf wars and moves in industrial action The Strengthening Medicare …
SA pharmacist gives 1k-plus JEV jabs
They’re only a short ferry ride away from their pharmacies – or they would be, if the road to the ferry had not been destroyed in the recent floods. Residents …
TGA chief’s legacy ‘large’
Professor John Skerritt has announced his decision to retire from his position of Deputy Secretary Health Products Regulation Group The change will be effective from 18 April 2023, Health Minister …
TGA interim decision: reduce paracetamol access
Some paracetamol pack sizes should be reduced, and pharmacist input needed on sales of more than 32 tablets or capsules, the TGA says The Therapeutic Goods Administration has published its …
Pharmacist prescribing about patients, not turf: Guild
Calls for pharmacists to be authorised to prescribe treatments for a limited number of conditions is about meeting patient needs, not an interprofessional rivalry. Moves towards pharmacist prescribing reflect …
Turf war heats up ahead of National Cabinet meeting
Tensions between the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the pharmacy sector are rising over calls to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice. With NSW Premier, Dominic Perrottet, …
Wizard Pharmacy brings magic to 11,500 sick Starlight kids
Wizard Pharmacy has donated $54,558 to the Starlight Children’s Foundation to help bring joy to sick children and their families The donation was made as part of their Starlight Giving Tree …
‘Lasting positive impact’ sees CWH head hit finals
Chemist Warehouse co-founder Jack Gance has been listed as a finalist of a different sort, as he is spotted alongside a leading banker at the tennis EY has announced the …
ChatGPT; threat or boon to pharmacy’s future?
Pharmacy faculties grapple with ramifications of artificial intelligence in the classroom Pharmacy educators are scrambling to formulate policies to deal with the sudden widespread public accessibility of artificial intelligence (AI), …