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New RTM for the ACT
Canberra’s new prescription monitoring system will help address an “unnerving” problem, say pharmacists The ACT Government has announced the launch of Canberra Script, a real time prescription monitoring system which …
Govt ‘out of excuses’ on vax pay
Pharmacists have welcomed the TGA’s provisional approval of the Moderna vaccine for children aged six and up – but are calling for an end to the “insulting” pay gap Health …
Are more of your patients skipping their scripts?
Earlier this week, the Guild said more patients can’t afford their scripts. We’d like to hear about your experience The financial outlook for 2022 is changing, with interest rates tipped …
Drop the pilot, says NACCHO
NACCHO and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations in Queensland have added their voices to doctor groups calling to stop the pharmacist “full scope of practice” pilot NACCHO and the Aboriginal …
World news wrapup: 24 February 2022
UK anger over pay; pay not enough for Québecois public sector pharmacists; pharmacist faces court over stabbing threat UK: British pharmacy publication Chemist + Druggist has broken down pay, and …
Opt in to stay on sub-register
Pharmacists who joined the 2020 pandemic sub-register now have the option to extend their temporary registration The Pharmacy Board has said that if they wish to continue supporting the pandemic …
Tea towel link to pharmacy robberies
A South Australian man has been refused bail after being accused of sparking a “major police manhunt” with three pharmacy robberies late last year Benjamin Donald Anthony Allan has faced …
Fake cop pharmacy robber sentenced
A “protracted and organised” plan saw a woman rob a pharmacy with a knife, pretending to be a police officer A woman has been handed a two-year probation order after …
Shortage warning
TGA issues warning over ongoing shortages of an arthritis treatment The Therapeutic Goods Administration today (23 February) issued a warning that Bristol-Myers Squibb Australia Pty Ltd had notified them of …
Harnessing pharmacists in lessons learned from COVID
Initiatives brought in to help manage the COVID-19 crisis have changed how health is delivered… and one state plans to make the most of them The Guild’s Queensland branch has …
Guild ‘gobsmacked’ at doctor cancer claim
Doctors are whipping up a “cancer scare” about the Queensland UTI trial, says the Guild, and suggesting the owner group is “wining and dining” politicians over full scope The Australian …
Cost causing more patients to skip scripts: Guild
The Pharmacy Guild has the price of script co-pays in its sights, as the cost of living spirals upwards More and more patients are asking pharmacists which of their medicines …