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As our Industry enters a new phase, what can Community Pharmacy do to remain a key component of patient health care? Second time Pharmacy of the Year Award winner Swarup …
Fair pay needed for pharmacy services: Ryan
Funding for community pharmacy services needs to be “fair”, in light of the government’s plan to roll out double dispensing, Dr Monique Ryan, believes Australia needs to value the work …
Drastic policy will hurt our communities
Plans to boost access to affordable medicines will have the opposite effect Coalition Chief Whip warns Labor’s double dispensing policy will leave patients with limited access to pharmacy services and …
Government needs to get more than the headline right: Tink
Labor’s double dispensing policy may secure positive headlines, but independent MP, Kylea Tink, warns it will not be a win for everyone Teal, Tink, is calling on the government to …
‘We don’t realise how valuable pharmacists are’
Double dispensing decision leaves doctor “flabbergasted” Labor’s plan to introduce 60-day dispensing will have significant unintended consequences, a former Assistant Health Minister warns. Speaking in the House of Representatives on …
Guild seeks ‘sensible way forward’ on double dispensing
Community pharmacists are being urged to “keep the pressure on the government” to limit the adverse impacts of 60-day dispensing Government officials need to restart negotiations with community pharmacy leaders …
Pharmacists should be supported: Ryan
Double dispensing advocate seeks safe scope expansion for pharmacists Doctor-turned-politician, Dr Monique Ryan, is urging the federal government appropriately support the community pharmacy sector to mitigate against the adverse impacts …
Government Aldifying pharmacy
Double dispensing will result in the “Aldification” of community pharmacy, a customer warns Plans to roll out 60-day dispensing will turn pharmacies into impersonal stores, where shoppers “shuffle in and …
‘We are playing with people’s lives’
Loyal staff members will see their hours cut, “at best” – as a result of the government’s double dispensing policy, a pharmacy owner warns Pharmacy owners will be forced to …
Wholesaler confident it can meet 60-day dispensing demands
Double dispensing will test Australia’s medicines supply chain, but Sigma Healthcare bosses believe they have the capacity to deliver for pharmacies Pharmaceutical wholesaler, Sigma Healthcare is well placed to deal …
‘Pharmacists don’t clip the ticket’
Suggestions that pharmacists are seen as “retailers… clipping the ticket” and not health professionals, have infuriated pharmacists Minister for Finance, Senator Katy Gallagher, is being accused of enraging the entire …
Double dispensing impact analysis falls short of ‘good practice’
Impact analysis used to support the decision to introduce double dispensing would have benefited from more consultations with pharmacists, a bureaucrat believes An assessment of the impact analysis used to …