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Top 10 APP 2024 quotes
Discussions at the 2024 Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference (APP) covered a range of issues including the 8CPA, 60-day dispensing and the need to embrace full scope of practice. “If you …
Devil will be in the detail for 8CPA
Guild leader will not sign an Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) that does not meet the organisation’s objectives Negotiations for the 8CPA between the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the …
This didn’t need to happen: Ruston
Guild negotiators lauded for securing a $3 billion funding boost through Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement The announcement that a heads of agreement has been reached for the 8CPA has been …
Labor has responsibility to deliver 8CPA: CAPS
“Ripped up” 7CPA must be replaced, pharmacy advocacy group says Health Minister, Mark Butler, may shun the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s annual conference this week, the Community and Pharmacy Support …
Fight for pharmacy continues: CAPS
Pharmacists are being urged to continue to exert pressure on their MPs and senators to secure the 8CPA as soon as possible The Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) wants …
CAPS means business ahead of by-election
CAPS seeks to ramp up pressure on Labor after 8CPA implementation date was missed The Dunkley by-election will provide pharmacists with an opportunity to voice their frustration at the government’s …
8CPA negotiations still happening: Butler
Talks to secure an 8CPA are ongoing as the planning 1 March implementation date approaches Representatives from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Government are continuing to negotiate the …
‘We stood up to the Guild’ – Labor
Labor senator “really proud” of the government’s decision to pursue 60-day dispensing The government will not bow to the power of lobbyists, as it seeks to ease cost-of-living pressures, Labor’s …
CAPS plots jellybean assault
Glucojel jellybeans are set to be deployed by pharmacists as a sweetener for voters to preference Labor last in this weekend’s Dunkley by-election A pallet-load of the Pharmacy-Only Glucojel jellybeans …
‘This is an emergency in our community’
Greens Senator asks about the status of ADHD medicine, and slams government over extended expected shortage At last week’s (15 February 2024) Senate Estimates hearings, Greens Senator Jordan Steele-John outlined …
‘Whitecoat army’ wants Labor out
CAPS looking to take the fight to Labor at next weekend’s Dunkley by-election with Ben Casey-clad pharmacists at polling booths Representatives of the Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) are …
‘If I was a gambling man, I’d put money on it’
Will the 8CPA be ready in time? Opposition health spokesperson Senator Anne Ruston has grilled the Health Department’s Penny Shakespeare about its status With increasing concern about the looming 1 …