Price must be right to bulk bill
Adequate funding must be secured before pharmacists would be willing to provide bulk billed services If pharmacists are to step into the breach and provide services GPs “won’t bulk bill …
Let me entertain you!
What exactly are entertainment expenses? Victoria Le from Peak Strategies looks into the tax rules around employee entertainment Discover the Joys of the Festive Season Can you believe it? We’re …
The week in review
Some key reports, congratulations, more losses from the profession and more debate over 60-day dispensing all made the news this week This week health minister Mark Butler told the Guild …
The maternal link revealed
Maternal health plays a pivotal role in the overall development of the infant, and our understanding of this role is evolving. The latest advances in science and knowledge are allowing …
Pharmacists encouraged to wave small business flags
Entries have officially opened to the 2024 Australian Small Business Champion Awards The awards celebrate the achievements and economic, social and cultural contribution of the millions of small business operators from …
National doubles pharmaceutical waste target
National Pharmacies has diverted 3.2 million empty medicine blister packs from landfill This represents more than double the recycling targets set when the program was launched one year ago. The …
What are the world’s most-seized medicines?
The TGA has announced the amount of unlawfully-imported medicines it has kept out of the country – as well as highlighting the most-intercepted drugs The Therapeutic Goods Administration has said …
We could have found a better way: Tyrrell
Government’s 60-day dispensing transitional payments failing rural pharmacies, Senator says Support payments to help rural pharmacies cope with the transition to 60-day dispensing are failing to deliver for small stores, …
If GPs won’t bulk bill, we will: Guild
Guild urges health minister to act on his desire to see pharmacists working to the top of their scope of practice Community pharmacies are willing to take responsibility for the …
Vale Sabrina Imran
Pharmacists are mourning the death of Melbourne-based pharmacy owner and diabetes educator, Sabrina Imran Victorian pharmacist, Sabrina Imran, died on Thursday (16 November), hours after attending her son’s high school graduation. …
Surge in overseas eligibility check applications
Applications for skills assessment eligibility checks from overseas-trained pharmacists more than doubled in 2022/23 Increasing numbers of overseas-trained pharmacists are looking into their ability to practice in Australia, the Australian …
Off-label prescribing: obligations, responsibilities and risk mitigation
PDL has some advice on off-label prescribing and their role in promoting the appropriate and safe use of these medicines Off-label prescribing occurs when a medication is used for a …
