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Dispensing program wins an extension
Pharmacy groups welcome three month extension for continued dispensing arrangements Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced a three month extension to the temporary Continued Dispensing (Emergency Measures). This will take …
Deadline for final CI claims
With funding for clinical interventions cancelled from 1 July, pharmacies are still encouraged to undertake them where there is a clinical need Funding for the clinical interventions program has ceased …
Poll: What do you think of the 7CPA?
We want to know what pharmacists think about the new Agreement, which comes into effect from today The long-awaited Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) was signed in Canberra on 11 …
What’s the problem?
Guild leader queries need for ‘finding fault’ pharmacy vax audits, and calls for NIP inclusion for the profession A state Guild leader has taken issue with health officials seeking an …
APP2021: calendar update
The dates for the APP2021 Conference have been announced The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced that the date of next year’s Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference (APP) will be changed …
The price disclosure roadmap
The next batch of medicines to undergo price disclosure reductions has been revealed The PBS has released the list of medicines that are to be included in the October 2020 …
Supply shutdown
Depression treatment no longer to be supplied in Australia Australian consumers and health professionals are being advised that phenelzine tablets will no longer being supplied, and stock is currently very …
Prison term for fraud, opioid supply
A pharmacist has been sentenced to four years’ prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy that involved healthcare fraud and illegal distribution of opioids Ray Ashley Dixon, a pharmacist who …
The week in review
The TGA’s been busy this week, and pharmacists report stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic We saw stakeholders react to the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement, with the Consumers Health Forum’s …
Guild accused of being ‘very secretive’
A leading doctor has cited recent data showing significant vaccine underreporting in an attack on a pharmacy antibiotics trial Chair of RACGP Queensland Dr Bruce Willett spoke to RACGP publication …
Looking at Aboriginal vaccine uptake
Nearly a third of survey respondents were unaware of their eligibility for free influenza vaccination, and more than half believed the vaccine could cause flu Researchers from the University of …
Crime roundup
A man who allegedly stole around $300 worth of goods from a Chemist Warehouse has been refused bail The Herald Sun reports that Gabriel Staikuras, along with his girlfriend, was …