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Expanded services not outside pharmacy scope: PSA
The PSA has hit back at claims by the AMA in its King Review submission that expanded services funded under the 6CPA are beyond pharmacists’ scope. The AMA also said …
Controversial vaccination film pulled from festival
Organisers have removed it from the lineup after widespread criticism including from the AMA Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, directed by Wakefield, was to be screened in early October as …
Pharmacy under fire
Critics ramp up attacks over pharmacy vitamin sales, but profession fights back Pharmacy’s income sources need to overhauled to reduce the reliance on complementary medicine sales, doctor’s groups have argued. …
Pharmacy deregulation OK by us: AMA
Co-location of pharmacies with either supermarkets or medical centres would be welcomed by the AMA, as long as a registered pharmacist remained responsible for dispensing In its submission to the …
Anti-vax film screening slammed
AMA head calls on film festival director to pull screening in Victoria in the interest of public health Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, directed by discredited former gastroenterologist and medical …
AMA, Guild in ‘furious agreement’
AMA president Michael Gannon has declared himself to be in “furious agreement” with Guild president George Tambassis regarding GP-pharmacist collaboration and even some medical certificates. In a joint interview with …
Sick notes one way to take up GP burden
Community pharmacies have the skills, expertise and infrastructure to help ease the burden on GPs which the medical profession believes is a drain on the effective use of doctors’ time …
AMA head calls 63-year-old giving birth “madness”
No amount of antioxidant supplements or kale smoothies can arrest the inevitability of ageing, he says AMA president Dr Michael Gannon has said a woman’s decision to use IVF to …
Key health groups respond to Coalition win
The Guild, PSA and AMA have responded to the Turnbull government’s re-election National President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, George Tambassis, has passed on his congratulations to the Coalition …
Poor will defer filling scripts if copay rises: AMA
Disadvantaged people may defer filling scripts if the Coalition is returned to Government following this weekend’s election and it implements a proposed copayment increase, AMA president Dr Michael Gannon says. …
New AMA President announced
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has elected Dr Michael Gannon as its new president and Dr Tony Bartone as vice president. Dr Gannon, an obstetrician and gynaecologist from Western Australia, …
‘Health is an investment, not a cost,’ say Greens
Greens leader Richard di Natale has used his address to the Australian Medical Association’s conference in Canberra today to outline the Greens’ health policies leading into the July election. “Health …