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Funding is being made available to support pharmacists to access training to work to their full scope of practice in one state  Queensland has announced a $6 million funding package …

Consultation about the controversial 60-day dispensing Budget measure was “necessarily limited”, Department of Health boss says  Confidentiality requirements restricted the Department of Health’s ability to consult more widely on the potential …

GPs who have abandoned bulk billing are unlikely to be lured back by the government’s $3.5 billion incentive package  Incentives designed to boost bulk billing rates are likely to be …

Community pharmacists seek apology from federal Minister for Finance over ‘clipping the ticket’ remark  Senator Katy Gallagher is attracting the ire of community pharmacists after a speech in the Senate …

It was a challenging week for Australia’s community pharmacy sector, as Treasurer, Jim Chalmers announced the federal Budget, while pleas for MBS provider numbers were also knocked back  Efforts to win …

Efforts to ensure patients retained access to face-to-face primary healthcare during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic appear to be forgotten, an industry leader believes  Federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers’ decision …

Warnings that 60-day dispensing could exacerbate medicines shortages and increase the risk of overdose are causing concerns for some patients  Convenience is being heralded as a benefit of the proposed …

Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) will be pushed to the brink of collapse, if plans to implement 60-day dispensing are introduced  Plans to slash government spending on dispensing fees through …

Warnings of potential job losses stemming from draft Budget plans to introduce double dispensing is concerning union group, Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) Employee pharmacists are being urged to contact the …

Patients are being warned that plans to introduce 60-day dispensing from 1 July will impact the supply of medicines and services through community pharmacies  Labor’s plan to introduce double dispensing …

Common medications will be hard to find from July, if the federal government goes ahead with draft Budget measures to implement 60-day dispensing  Pharmacists will be forced to tell patients they …

Federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, is facing renewed calls to cut the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) general co-payment for the second time in next month’s Budget  Having successfully secured a $12.50 …