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SA/NT pharmacy achievers honoured
SA and NT’s 2016 pharmacy achievers have been honoured at a PSA awards night Pharmacy mentor, leader and clinical pharmacist Dr Natalie Soulsby won the SA/NT Pharmacist of the Year, …
Forum: Medicare monitors scripts between different pharmacies
“This pharmacy happens to discount scripts to some patients who request it. Medicare will reject a script if its done within the SN4/20 day rule and discounted. Medicare knows if …
An agenda for change
Overhaul pharmacists role and deregulate ownership, report chief suggests The basic health care role of pharmacists needs to be overhauled, says the author of a report calling for an overhaul …
The role of pharmacists should be overhauled, taking the heat off GPs
While medicines prices should be cut, pharmacists could also do more than they currently do, writes Grattan Institute director Stephen Duckett Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute A Grattan Institute …
2017 flu vaccines confirmed
The Federal Government has secured a supply of new vaccines to protect against four strains of influenza virus for this season This year’s quadrivalent influenza vaccines will cover two A …
Grattan report ‘a simplistic response to a complex problem’
CSO wholesalers have labelled the Grattan Institute’s latest report on PBS medicine pricing as “a simplistic response to a complex problem” National Pharmaceutical Services Association Chair and Sigma Pharmaceuticals CEO …
Seema Khiani is NSW/ACT Intern Pharmacist of the Year
Seema Khiani has been announced the winner of the PSA MIMS NSW/ACT Intern Pharmacist of the Year Award This is the first year PSA has offered the prestigious Award jointly …
Guild, Diabetes Australia sign MoU
Diabetes Australia and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to build a closer working relationship The MoU is hoped to make it easier for …
More cuts could create supply “tipping point”
The Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association says further price cuts could undermine the supply of medicines The Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (GBMA) has warned that if the price cuts …
Call for more PBS cuts rejected
Pharmacy stakeholders have slammed calls for further PBS cuts in a new Grattan report The Pharmacy Guild says it “completely rejects” the headline assertion of the report, which is titled Cutting …
Forum: will pharmacists be replaced by computers?
“In a study pharmacists were a profession that had only a 1.2% chance to be replaced by machines in the next 20 years. ( follow the link and the table …
Defining roles: Part 2
Pharmacist prescribing may present concerns to the average GP, but evidence shows it may improve access to healthcare for patients. How could such a model work in everyone’s favour? This …