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 …
A difficult business
Double dispensing dominates our 10 most read business news stories list, although CWH and pay also feature 60-day dispensing dominates our list of business-themed news stories for the first six …
No end in sight for medicines shortages
Ongoing medicines shortages are unlikely to end anytime soon, a Pharmacy Guild of Australia leader claims Patients will suffer because of shortages of vital medications across Australia, Andre Ngeow, the …
Ministers set to front pharmacy conference
Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, will deliver the opening address at PSA23 later this month The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has confirmed that Butler will …
The dark spot
‘Being a migraine sufferer does encourage you to make the most of the good days’: Angelo Pricolo reflects on a life of dealing with migraine, both personally, and as a …
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 …
60-day dispensing guide goes ‘live’
Ten page “communication kit” for pharmacists covers FAQs while repeating many government talking points The Department of Health and Aged Care has launched a so-called “communication kit” targeting pharmacists ahead …
Pharmacy’s thought leaders
Threatening customers, 60 day dispensing, aged care pharmacy, vending machines and more: the top ten columns so far in 2023 These are our ten most read columns for the first …
Pharmacist jailed over PBS fraud
A refugee who achieved her dream of becoming a pharmacist will serve six months behind bars after pleading guilty to defrauding the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) of $4.1m Over the …
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, …
API distribution centre strike action intensifies
Intermittent stoppages now continuous over pay demands An initial four day strike by 190 workers at Australian Pharmaceutical Industries’ Dandenong distribution centre over pay increase and equal pay demands has …
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% …