COVID-19
The week in review
A many-sided stoush about vaping and pharmacy kickbacks, COVID news and the PSA conference all made news this week This week saw controversy over vaping rear its head, with News …
Pharmacist push as vax for younger kids cleared
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine given green light for at-risk kids aged 6 months to 5 years as Guild calls for pharmacist administration age to be lowered The Federal Government has accepted …
COVID: Why we’re doing so badly
Australia’s response to COVID in the first 2 years was one of the best in the world. Why do we rank so poorly now? ask Michael Toole and Brendan Crabb …
National uniformity needed ‘as a matter of priority’
Guild calls for pharmacists to be able to administer Moderna to children aged from six months to five years The Pharmacy Guild has again issued a call to lower the …
Disaster payment to provide ‘invaluable’ support, but RATs still an issue
Government backflips and agrees to reinstate pandemic leave payments, but the concessional RAT program is still set to end Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has agreed to reinstate the Pandemic Leave …
‘Book your booster,’ says Albo
The PM chooses a Sydney pharmacy for his COVID booster dose, while one stakeholder calls for remuneration for pharmacists’ critical role in vaccination Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was vaccinated against …
‘The result will be a lot of people not testing at all.’
Stakeholders from Chemist Warehouse all the way through to the RACGP are begging the Federal Government not to end the concessional RAT program this month as planned A Chemist Warehouse …
The week in review
Between news of the Queensland UTI trial, a focus on pay and conditions and COVID news, it’s been a busy week in pharmacy The Urinary Tract Infection Pharmacy Pilot—Queensland made …