Poll: how should CPAs be negotiated?
The King Review Discussion Paper opened a Pandora’s Box of questions about how pharmacy could and should be structured – including looking at the way the Community Pharmacy Agreements are …
Qualified support: Small Business Minister
Pharmacy the “heartbeat of local communities”: Small Business minister saysThe Turnbull government remains committed to current community pharmacy arrangements, at least for the life of the 6CPA, says Minister for …
Statins vindicated: review
The potential harms of statins have been exaggerated and their benefits underestimated, a new review has found.Statins have taken a beating in the media recently: in Australia, a Catalyst two-part …
UK cuts likely delayed, not cancelled
UK funding reprieve is probably only a delay, says MinisterOnly days after telling the Royal Pharmaceutical Society conference that planned £170 million cuts to the UK’s pharmacy sector would not …
Don’t alter a framework that works: economist
A leading economist has backed the existing location and ownership rules of community pharmacy.Delivering the annual Judy Liauw address at the Pharmacy Connect conference in Sydney, economist Professor Henry Ergas …
Pharmacist MP addresses Guild conference delegates
She reaffirmed her commitment to help improve healthcare and support pharmacyEmma McBride, who is Labor’s MP for Dobell in northern NSW, addressed Pharmacy Connect conference attendees at the opening plenary on …
Forum: Inhaler use: has technique improved over time?
As a primary care pharmacist and educator I have spent nearly all my working life educating patients about inhaler use. I was horrified to see that despite the best efforts of …
Bearing the cost burden
Why Hep C medicines have opened a can of worms for medicine supplyA range of issues relating to the supply of medicines in Australia have been brought to light by …
Many questions and a lot more answers
The much delayed Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation Discussion Paper has finally arrived, writes Joe DemarteThe paper contains an extensive list of 140 questions on a whole range of …
Clinical tips: dementia
Dementia should not be expected as a normal part of ageing, writes Louis Roller“Last scene of all,That ends this strange eventful history,In second childishness and mere oblivion,Sans teeth, sans eyes, …
15 comments from King Review national webcast
A live chat with the panel posed some tough questions and featured surprise guestsThe Department of Health hosted a live national webcast to allow participants to make comments and ask questions …
King Review national webcast: remuneration, location rules & HMRs
Participants posed some tough questions about pharmacy pay and restrictions, but what did the panel have to say?Chair of the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation, Professor Stephen King, began …