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Higgins misinformed on RPMA
Suggestions that rural pharmacies are set to get a $90,000 funding boost to counteract the impacts of 60-day dispensing are wide of the mark Royal Australian College of General Practitioners …
Stockholding relief for select brands
Medication sponsors secure relief from minimum stockholding requirements for close to 270 Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) listed brands Requirements for drug sponsors to hold four to six-month supplies of …
60-day dispensing to kill off rural resources
Rural towns with limited healthcare resources could be left without a pharmacy as a side effect of the Government’s double dispensing plan Patients in rural areas will bear the brunt …
Does the Department understand pharmacy?
Pharmacists should prepare for more confusion as Department of Health officials appear to have little insight into the profession’s role Issues surrounding the transition to the national methadone Pharmaceutical Benefits …
Beware tobacco companies offering deals: PSA
Tobacco giant offering cut-price deals to pharmacies to stock vaping products Pharmacists are being urged to be sceptical of approaches from tobacco companies looking to secure supply arrangements for prescription …
No consultation, but lots of spin
Guild calls on Prime Minister to stop the cycle of spin and re-engaged with the community pharmacy sector In the absence of consultation with pharmacists over 60-day dispensing, Mark Butler …
Poll: Decision makers need community pharmacy experience
Could the appointment of a Chief Pharmacist improve relations between the Department of Health and the community pharmacy sector? Bureaucrats behind the new national methadone Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) system …
Rushed changes are breaking pharmacy
Pharmacists are running out of time and energy to fix problems with the new national methadone Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) system Clerical drama surrounding changes to opioid management programs, combined …
Butler announces 7% dispensing fee increase
CPI-tied dispense fee rise to kick in, while rural pharmacies will have location allowance doubled Dispensing fees will increase 7% and from July 1, Health Minister Mark Butler has announced, …
Doctors praise government’s rural pharmacy boost
RACGP says remote communities rely heavily on community pharmacy The general practitioner’s peak body has heaped praise on the Federal Government’s decision to increase the indexed dispensing fee to 7% …
Labor ‘committed’ to supporting rural pharmacy: Butler
The Health Minister says Labor will support rural pharmacies through the 60-day dispensing change… especially given they “aren’t selling as much perfume” as metro stores Mark Butler has told journalists …
60-day dispensing policy registered, first tranche announced
Double dispensing has now been registered as a policy, and the first tranche of medicines announced The Albanese Labor Government has released a list of the 92 drugs which will …