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Guild hires silk over ‘broken’ 7CPA
Guild investigates legal options over 60-day dispensing changes ahead of talks for the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) Pharmacy owners are set to receive advice about the possibility of taking …
Benefits of 60-day scripts limited by lack of repeats
Minimum number of repeats needed to deliver on 60-day dispensing promises Patients who are deemed to be suitably stable on their medication to receive a 60-day prescription should be given …
Docs take aim at 60-day disallowance motion
Mark Butler still calling pharmacist objection to double dispensing a “scare campaign,” even as 8CPA talks begin Federal health minister Mark Butler has declared 1 September, 2023 a “great day …
NSW ‘keen’ to expand pharmacists’ scope
NSW is set to implement a state-wide scope of practice trial mirroring the North Queensland Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot Expanding community pharmacists’ scope of practice will deliver benefits to …
60-day dispensing to hurt mums: CAPS spokesperson
A CAPS volunteer has taken to the airwaves to talk about how double dispensing will “trickle down” to job losses – and his hopes for a disallowance motion Community and …
Locum provider to waive fees for CAPS attendees
Pharmacy owners attending Monday’s rally against 60-day dispensing in Canberra are being offered support to arrange locums without a service fee Pharmacy locum service provider, Meds n More, is offering …
Happy to wear NIP overspend: Shakespeare
Spending more than the $114.1 million allocated to pharmacy-delivered National Immunisation Program (NIP) vaccines over the next four years would be a win for the Commonwealth Speaking during a webinar …
Double dispensing won’t increase demand
The government is working with wholesalers to ensure medicines supply ahead of 60-day dispensing rollout Increases in maximum dispensing quantities are not expected to fuel medicines shortages a Department of …
Remember your obligations: Shakespeare
Pharmacists are being urged to talk to a patient’s prescriber if they have clinical concerns regarding their suitability for 60-day prescriptions Community pharmacists are being reminded of their obligations under …
Pollies to get CAPS welcome to Canberra
Federal Senators and MPs are set to be greeted by pharmacists and pharmacy assistants voicing their opposition to 60-day dispensing when they land in Canberra on Sunday Pharmacy activists plan …
No reduction in ODT services
Bureaucrats refute suggestions pharmacies are dropping out of the national opioid dependence treatment (ODT) program Community pharmacies are looking to join the national methadone Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) despite suggestions …
‘We are fighting for our profession’
Protest organisers call for solidarity in the battle to pause 60-day dispensing rollout Pharmacists who are unable to make it to Canberra for the Community and Pharmacy Support Group’s (CAPS’s) …