Community and Pharmacy Support Group
‘Talk to your doctors’: CAPS
LillyDirect “is not just a pharmacy issue”, the Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) warns Pharmacists are being urged to discuss concerns over Eli Lilly’s direct-to-consumer service with medical practitioners. …
CAPS takes fight to LillyDirect
Pharmacy advocacy group aims to harness the profession’s “collective voice” to combat Eli Lilly’s direct-to-consumer platform “Affordability matters, but not at the cost of continuity of care,” is the tagline …
‘We need to speak up before these models become the norm’
Pharmacists are being urged to raise concerns over Eli Lilly’s new direct-to-consumer model with Guild leaders Eli Lilly’s decision to offer a direct-to-consumer service risks fragmenting care, pharmacists warn. Launching …
CAPS seeks to ‘rock the vote’
Community pharmacists are being urged to make their voices heard in the Pharmacy Council of NSW elections Advocacy group, Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS), is calling on pharmacists to …
Guild confirms state branches’ leadership
CAPS representative claims seat on Guild national council, as AEC confirms branch vice presidents NSW-based pharmacist and Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) activist, Peppe Raso, will join the Pharmacy …
‘Health should never be a political issue’: CAPS
CAPS gives 8CPA tacit welcome, but concerns about the impacts of 60-day dispensing remain Signing the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) is a “significant step by the government” to safeguard the …
AEC confirms Guild election results
CAPS victories confirmed as fresh faces take seats on Guild branch committees Results of 13 contested ballots for Pharmacy Guild of Australia branch committee seats have been confirmed by the …
Let pharmacists say no to 60-day scripts: CAPS
Pharmacists need to be allowed to decline to dispense 60-day supplies of medications to address shortages, advocacy group says Australia’s medicines pricing model and the introduction of 60-day dispensing are …
Let us ‘finish the job’: Guild leader
With negotiations for the 8CPA ongoing one Guild state branch leader says “it is vital” that those currently involved in the process are backed in the organisation’s ongoing election Pharmacy …
Actions speak louder than words
Pharmacy owners need to see a “fair” Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement signed before they will feel confident in future viability of the sector While industry leaders are continuing to negotiate …
CAPS rep lands seat on Guild committee
Advocacy group representative to join Guild NSW branch committee At least one Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) representative will be on the next Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s NSW branch committee CAPS …
CAPS leaders to contest Guild elections
Guild stalwarts to face CAPS challenge in NSW branch elections Representatives of the Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) will contest five of the 12 seats on the Pharmacy Guild …