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What women want
Australian women are increasingly seeing the benefits in having direct access to oral contraceptives through community pharmacy, researchers say A detailed series of interviews with 20 women aged between 18 …
Twomey reiterates government consultation plea over 60-day
Daily Telegraph op-ed by Guild boss says cheaper medicines can be achieved without “forcing pharmacies to shut” Pharmacy Guild national president Professor Trent Twomey has used a Daily Telegraph opinion …
Telehealth ‘online tick-box prescribing…not good medical practice’; Medical Board
Consultation hijacked by hundreds of submissions from customers of two telehealth companies against changes Prescribing without a real-time patient-doctor consultation has been declared “not good medical practice”, according to just-published …
APC opens consultation on MMR pharmacist training
Stakeholders are being invited to share their views on the Australian Pharmacy Council’s draft accreditation standards for aged care and medication management review (MMR) pharmacist training programs The APC has …
GPs’ voices go unheard at APC forum
Several GPs are frustrated at being unable to share their views about accredited standards for pharmacist prescriber training programs at a consultation event Efforts by the Australian Pharmacy Council to …
Vaping “exploding” amongst the young; VicHealth chief
Calls for Feds to act “swiftly” as TGA vaping submission window closes As the TGA’s vaping consultation period ends, VicHealth chief Dr Sandro Demaio has gone on the attack urging …
TGA consultation signals Government vaping crackdown
Proposed reforms aimed at stopping children from getting vapes products include plain packaging, no flavours and stricter import rules and labelling laws A government push to stop children vaping and …
NMP review is back
Process restarts with call for more feedback The National Medicines Policy review process has been recommenced with a call for more feedback over the revised draft. According to the health …
The next generation
What roles do pharmacy students want for the future, and what percentage think community pharmacy should transition into a “consultation” model? Pharmacy students are highly interested in prescribing and seeing …
What the Guild wants
Guild chief negotiator lays out 7CPA aims and ambitions, with dispensing to remain central, but a greater focus on consultation Protecting and reinforcing the viability of pharmacy’s core role of …
Is embedding non-dispensing pharmacists the ‘wrong’ approach?
Can non-dispensing pharmacists play a crucial role such as prescribing and advising GPs… or should this role be filled by community pharmacists instead Pharmacist researcher Dr Janet Sluggett, an NHMRC …
Next steps: Consultation on strong opioid use and misuse
The TGA has commenced reviews into pack sizes, indications and label warnings for S8 opioids In response to rising numbers of opioid prescriptions and levels of overdose reaching “record levels”, …