Political
Double dispensing delivering savings: Butler
Pharmacy organisation urged to “stand up” to “noisy opponents” of policies including 60-day dispensing Australian patients are reaping the benefits of 60-day prescriptions, Mark Butler the Minister for Health and …
Urgent need to improve menopause education
Knowledge gap highlights the need for a greater focus on menopause and perimenopause as part of health professionals’ training Comprehensive training is needed to ensure health practitioners can better support …
More progress needed to Close the Gap on Indigenous health
Gaps remain in the provision of healthcare to First Nations Australians, the Productivity Commission finds The Productivity Commission’s (PC’s) latest ‘Closing the Gap’ update says more culturally-safe and convenient holistic …
Labor backs calls to protect medicinal cannabis patients
State government gives “in-principle support” for amendments to allow medicinal cannabis users to drive Legislation aimed at protecting patients using prescribed medicinal cannabis from losing their drivers licence if they …
Call to end DAA caps
Guild to push for changes to eligibility criteria for dose administration aids Patients should not be deprived access to dose administration aids (DAAs) due to caps on the numbers …
Guild wants pharmacy back on top
Guild aims to turn down price and pump up clinical services to restore pharmacists to top of Australia’s ‘trust charts’ Gradual cuts to the price of prescription medicines are a critical …
OTC vapes to be an ‘administrative nightmare’
Pharmacies that opt to supply nicotine vaping products OTC will, from 1 October, be required to submit paperwork for each sale, the Guild warns Legislation authorising pharmacies to dispense nicotine …
60-day dispensing falling short of goal
Fewer than one-in-seven eligible prescriptions are being dispensed under the controversial 60-day policy, data reveals Uptake of 60-day prescriptions is lagging behind the Department of Health and Aged Cares forecast …
Guild leader seeks council seat
Outgoing Guild branch president plots self-funded bid for local council Fresh from negotiating the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA), Anthony Tassone is putting his hand up for a seat on …
Vape sales ‘a decision for individual businesses’
Pharmacy owners will be able to choose whether or not to supply nicotine vaping products, Mark Butler the Minister for Health and Aged Care says Just like opioid replacement therapy …
Ozempic shortages to continue: Butler
Novo Nordisk “simply doesn’t have the factories” to meet growing demand for Ozempic, Health Minister says Shortages of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes medication, Ozempic (semaglutide) are likely to continue into 2025, …
Union raises pharmacist-only vape concerns
Government must support employee pharmacists if new vaping laws are to be successful Employee pharmacists fear they will face increased workloads and be exposed to aggressive and abusive patient behaviour, because …