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Government urged to act on PBAC’s RSV vaccination recommendation to ease cost-of-living pressures  Shadow Health Minister, Senator Anne Ruston is calling on the government to fund the respiratory syncytial virus …

ACT chief minister Andrew Barr has promised “easier access to more healthcare options” in Labor’s re-election bid in the Territory Ahead of the October ACT election, Barr outlined a series …

Patients are thanking the government for implementing 60-day dispensing, a Labor senator claims  Double dispensing is delivering cost-of-living relief for Australian patients, without adversely impacting community pharmacists, Labor’s Senate whip, …

Senate committee urged to back calls for placement payments for pharmacy students  Students undertaking mandatory unpaid placements should be financially supported by the government, the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association …

Following the release of the final Health Technology Assessment, one group of pharmacists highlights the importance of ending the “postcode lottery” Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has welcomed what it calls …

“Workers deserve to be paid for the work that they perform, regardless of the year that they were born”, a government senator says  Australia’s community pharmacy sector is being urged …

Health Minister says an illegal vaping crackdown has led to millions of vapes being confiscated Federal Health Minister, Mark Butler, says the Government has seized more than five million illegal …

Patients looking to access nicotine vaping products from 1 October 2024 are likely to struggle to find pharmacies selling them, the Guild warns  Many pharmacies will opt not to sell …

Government backbencher acknowledges pharmacy students’ pleas for placement support  Current plans for Commonwealth Prac Payments are a first step in easing financial pressures on students, Labor’s Peter Khalil says.  Speaking …

Patient savings delivered by cutting the PBS general co-payment and 60-day dispensing are “not directly comparable”, health department spokesperson says   Cheaper medicines policies implemented by the government are designed …

A new Pharmacy Ownership Council in Queensland launches, bringing it in line with other states – and is immediately slammed as “anti-competitive” by doctors But the AMA has been “caught …

Efforts to curb patient spending on medicines are generating savings the government says, but some measures are having a greater impact than others, a Guild leader believes Cuts to the …