Consumers Health Forum
Consumer group seeks accelerated 60-day dispensing
Consumers’ Health Forum calls for PBAC to investigate listing medications for a 90-day supply, while seeking to bring forward the final phase of double dispensing Patient lobby group, the Consumers’ …
Patients supportive of pharmacist prescribing: CHF
Results from a survey of the Consumers Health Forum’s Australia’s Health Panel, show almost 75% of patients support some form of pharmacist prescribing Speaking during a webinar focused on pharmacist …
We support Medicare and bigger role for pharmacists: CHF
Consumer group calls for widened pharmacist role in healthcare and more funding including Medicare items for pharmacy, and criticises turf war There should be a bigger role for pharmacists in …
Doubling down
RACGP and CHF have called on the Federal government to rethink its 60-day dispense decision, but the Guild tells doctors to stop ‘meddling in pharmacy matters’ The Royal Australian College …
Consumer voices needed to balance owner influence: Wells
The Consumers Health Forum wants to be part of the 7CPA negotiations, says CEO Leanne Wells According to the CHF, the “Government has left open the prospect of the Consumers …
CHF calls for single PBS-MBS safety net
The consumer advocacy group is calling for a sweeping range of changes across healthcare policy In its election manifesto released on Tuesday 7 June, the Consumers Health Forum (CHF) has …
Consumers Health Forum worried on biosimilars
The Consumers Health Forum has expressed its concerns about the issue of substitution of biological medicines with biosimilars, at a meeting called by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee. CEO of …
Drug costs to patients too high and complex: Consumers Health Forum
The Grattan Institute report into pharmaceutical premium pricing policy highlights “unnecessarily high” costs to patients and taxpayers of a health system it describes as complex and labyrinthine, says the Consumers …
Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement roundup: what stakeholders said
The Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement was signed on Wednesday, and reaction has been mostly positive, with a few exceptions. Most industry commentators praised the Guild’s introduction of the new Administration, …
Consumers to pay billions more under 6CPA: Consumers Health Forum
Despite Health Minister Sussan Ley’s comments yesterday that the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement and the Agreement with generics manufacturers would result in cheaper medicines for consumers, the Consumers Health Forum …
Prof services should go under MBS, not 6CPA: CHF
The Consumer Health Forum has demanded the Federal Government ensures that if it supports an extended range of services for pharmacists, any fee for service items must not be included …