7CPA
‘The time is now to get rural right.’
Call for all parties to the 7CPA to give rural issues a priority While frontline pharmacists battle coronavirus panic, the Rural Pharmacy Network Australia is urging all parties to the …
Problems for extended dispensing plan
“Stupid” 60-day dispensing push is “dead in the water” say Guild leaders Leaders of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believe that events around the Coronavirus pandemic have helped their push …
Make emergency supply permanent: Tambassis
George Tambassis has called for a quick conclusion to 7CPA negotiations, extension of emergency supply provisions and therapeutic substitution powers The Pharmacy Guild’s national president has spoken out about the …
Call for 7CPA, lift on substitution rules
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the general public badly needs certainty around access to medicines, says one pharmacy leader Following the postponement of the Pharmacy Guild’s flagship Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference …
Getting the right agreement
In the first of a two-part series, Kim Brotherson, Pharmacy 777 Managing Director, looks at the key points we should be focusing on to build a sustainable future for community …
A flawed agenda
The Government’s current narrow focus on 60-day dispensing and the $1 discount is doing little to ease fears that universal access to medicines is under threat from its determination to …
The market situation
What’s the current situation with the pharmacy market? Natalie Sirianni provides the first update for 2020 As a Pharmacy Business Broker, the question I get asked most often is: “How …
The week in review
As we hurtle towards the 2020s, the pharmacy sector isn’t slowing down, with news from the Board, an update on underutilisation in disasters and potential legislative change on the horizon …
‘Investigative cutting and pasting’ says Guild
Another expert has taken aim at the Pharmacy Guild, asking “where its power comes from” Writing in The Conversation, Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor at the Menzies Centre for Health …
Most influential people in pharmacy: Shane Jackson
We speak to the next person in our 14 most influential people in pharmacy campaign, as voted by you Shane Jackson Interim CEO (and former president), PSA Community pharmacist and …
An incentive for quality
7CPA should fund pharmacists for counselling, not just for dispensing, researchers say Rather than fee-for-service funding that encourages pharmacies to maximise their revenue by dispensing many prescriptions quickly, pharmacists should …
The week in review
The Health Minister and Shadow Minister gave us their thoughts on pharmacy’s immediate future this week, as doctor attacks continue The Tasmanian Health Minister, Sarah Courtney, announced the island state …