CHF lauds Labor tobacco approach, calls for similar on obesity
The ALP’s plan to increase the tobacco excise will help reduce the number of smokers in Australia, saving many from avoidable illness and death caused by cardiovascular disease and lung …
Preventive health, deterring smoking key issues: Bill Shorten
Opposition leader Bill Shorten used last night’s address to the Guild Annual Dinner at Parliament House to highlight Labor’s plan to increase the tobacco excise. Yesterday Mr Shorten, Shadow Treasurer …
Pharmacy too often ignored: Richard di Natale
Pharmacists are underutilised in preventive health and their voices are too often missing from discussion of the health care system in Australia, Greens leader Senator Richard di Natale told the …
Pharmacy to evolve, be more competitive: Ley
The role of pharmacists must continue to evolve as Australia’s healthcare system undergoes modernising changes, Health Minister Sussan Ley told the Guild dinner at Parliament House in Canberra last night. …
Guild welcoming but wary on Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation Review
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says it will work constructively with the Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation Review Panel on the basis that they will take an objective and evidence-based approach …
Older people’s treatment choices: finding a balance
Increasing older patients’ agency in their own health care needs to be balanced against the issues this raises, writes Ben Basger Older patients often relate their treatment experiences and choices. …
Guild slams Harper review as Government responds to review
The Pharmacy Guild has again slammed the findings of the Competition Policy Review following the Government’s release of its response to the review. The Government will partly or wholly adopt …
Teen smoking rates continue to decline
A major survey of Australian teenagers shows that smoking rates are continuing to decline, in an encouraging trend welcomed by Quit Victoria and the Heart Foundation. The 2014 survey, led …
Xavier Agostino named Vic Intern of the Year
Xavier Agostino from the MyChemist Northland is the 2015 MIMS PSA Victorian Intern of the Year. He was presented with is award by Dinah Graham from MIMS at the Victorian …
Australian Cardiovascular Alliance to combat ‘disease fatigue’
Australian cardiovascular specialists are today warning against apathy toward CVD research in light of an apparent ‘disease fatigue’ that has robbed the sector of funding momentum. Speaking on behalf of …
Investing in new medicines pays for itself: report
A new report has found that investing in new medicines pays for itself by reducing other public health expenditure. The modeling, published in The impact of pharmaceutical innovation on premature …
No jab, no pay bill passed
The Government has welcomed the passage of legislation designed to lift national immunisation rates and provide a stronger incentive for immunisation, after the Senate passed the No Jab, No Pay …