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Measuring the impact
Corporate trainer Reem Borrows takes a wide-angle look at the potential negative impact of the 60-day dispensing rule on independent pharmacies…and the community at large Australia’s healthcare system is on …
The week in review
The biggest story this week continues to be 60-day dispensing, which was debated in Parliament and which has inched a step closer Double dispensing came one step closer to reality …
Risky business: How Covid hit the bottom line
Researchers take an in-depth look at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community pharmacy business operations This is the sixth in a series of articles about the impact of …
Double dispensing to cripple pharmacies, halve net profit
Losses from double dispensing will be tens of thousands worse than predicted to date – and 10,000 jobs could be slashed from the sector, a new report warns RSM Australia, …
Pharmacies ‘can’t adjust’ to mitigate 60-day dispensing damage
More than 70% of patients at one pharmacy would prefer to pay an after-hours fee than lose their overnight service…but 60-day dispensing means they could lose it anyway A western …
The dragon and the bubble
The pandemic profit bubble may have burst, but pharmacy’s now widely accepted role as a highly valued interface in the health system should provide more incentive than ever to push …
One in 10 pharmacists will ‘go underwater’: Gance
Chemist Warehouse chairman and co-founder Jack Gance has told an agribusiness forum about what he sees as “the trouble with pharmacy” Gance has appeared at the 2023 Global Food Forum …
Scholarship winners revealed
The winners of the 2023 Sirianni Scholarship for Future Pharmacist Leaders have been announced Pharmacy industry legends Frank and Mina Sirianni have announced the winners of the 2023 Sirianni Scholarship …
Finding ‘the King’
There are many so-called kings we encounter in our lives, but in business, there is only one king. Bruce Annabel and Mal Scrymgeour explain the best and worst ‘king hits’ …
You’ve improved your IQ and your EQ – what about your AQ?
“Your industry is very specific. But what’s going to change it likely comes from outside of it” says Future Crunch co-founder Future Crunch is part of a global movement of …
The week in review
It was all about pharmacy prescribing this week… plus a lot of business news Pharmacy prescribing was the hot topic of the week, with community pharmacies in NSW to get …
The haemorrhage you don’t know about
How much is staff disengagement costing your pharmacy? Chantelle Turner takes a look… Good business sense says that if you want to increase your profit and you can’t increase your …