COVID-19
Image based scripts extended
The Department of Health has extended the ‘image based prescription’ interim measure which allows the supply of PBS medicines from a digital image of a prescription Under this Special Arrangement, …
COVID jab pay boosted
The Australian Government has moved to reverse funding cuts for pharmacists and GPs delivering booster shots This is a welcome development which should help manage the current surge in COVID-19 …
‘Hope is not a strategy here.’
Many pharmacies are not providing COVID boosters or dropping out of the program, while those still going are being “smashed” by demand Last month, in response to numerous stakeholder calls …
Clinical tips: Now that the borders are open…
Now the borders are open, what is the role of community pharmacy in the National Plan to transition Australia’s National COVID response? Community pharmacy in all states has stepped up …
GP calls for higher pharmacist booster pay
Pharmacists are underpaid for providing COVID-19 booster vaccines… says a leading GP Dr Omar Khorshid, national president of the Australian Medical Association, has highlighted the fact that both GPs and …
Boosters mean ‘huge, risky workloads,’ says pharmacist
Amid debate about remuneration, one pharmacist has questioned the way employee pharmacists are paid for giving the COVID booster shot In response to repeated calls by industry bodies and other …
Jab change ‘yet another challenge’
The Health Minister has his COVID booster shot, and brings forward eligibility – announcing yet more changes for underpaid pharmacies to keep up with, says a leading pharmacist Federal Health …
The pandemic strikes back
We titled our review of 2020 “A year like no other”. How wrong could we have been? Let’s look back at the second half of 2021… July • Sydney and …
Pharmacists needed, but not paid fairly
The TGA has approved Moderna’s COVID jab as a booster – but will pharmacies provide it? A leading pharmacist says it may not be financially viable for many On Wednesday, …
Seizing the moment
The pandemic provides the opportunity for pharmacy to retain some of its new areas of practice, and to play a greater role in monitoring supply shortages Pharmacy has the chance …
Lower dose for kids
Double Pfizer jab approved for 5-11 year olds, but they will receive a third of the usual dose The Therapeutic Goods Administration has provisionally approved the Comirnaty (Pfizer) COVID-19 vaccine …
Unlawful advertising
Fines issued over ivermectin and zinc lozenges for COVID-19 The TGA has issued three fines totalling nearly $8000 to an individual for allegedly advertising ivermectin and zinc lozenges to treat …