emergency supply
PBS implements emergency measures
Pharmacists get green light to provide PBS medicines to flood-affected patients in Far North Queensland under continued dispensing Patients impacted by flooding in northern Queensland will be able to access …
Ending emergency supply measures not in patients’ interests
Letting the expanded emergency supply authority lapse will have an adverse impact on NSW’s health system, pharmacy leaders warn. The measure, which has been in force in NSW throughout …
NT scope decision trumps NSW, Queensland: Guild
The Northern Territory has moved on scope of practice for pharmacists, announcing that it aims to make medicines more accessible Natasha Fyles, chief minister of the Northern Territory, has announced …
Emergency access not just for natural disaster
A new disaster recovery authority is announced… but is medicines continuity a priority? Following the flood crisis affecting eastern Australia, NSW Parliament passed legislation to establish a new authority responsible …
‘Let’s help the community as much as we can.’
Disaster planning which includes pharmacy is needed as the climate changes, says one public hospital pharmacy director who sprang into action when Victoria’s flood emergency slammed the area The AJP …
‘It’s going to be a long recovery for our little community.’
Changes to the Safety Net 20-day rule and emergency supply could help when patients are cut off from towns by flood waters, says one pharmacist helping people who may be …
Emergency support
Continued dispensing rules ‘not fit for purpose’ say pharmacy leaders as they join other health stakeholders to call for more funding and support in disaster areas Pharmacy groups have joined …
Flood fallout
Supply becoming an issue in flood affected areas, Guild says Pharmacies in flooded northern New South Wales and southern Queensland are facing an extended period without supplies, the Pharmacy Guild …
SA joins extended emergency supply
South Australia has extended emergency supply, with the Interim Chief Pharmacist urging patients not to try to stockpile South Australians in need of an emergency supply of essential medicines during …
Tasmania gets extended emergency supply
One small Tasmanian town’s GP had to self-isolate because of contacts: a prime example of why the state needed extended emergency supply, says the Guild Sarah Courtney, Tasmanian Minister for …
Remove more red tape, says Twomey
The Government has moved on the continued dispensing instrument and therapeutic substitution – but do the changes announced today go far enough? Pharmacy Guild Queensland branch president Trent Twomey has …
Regulatory agility needed: Michaels
Hospital pharmacists have called on all states to follow the lead of those who extended emergency supply provisions The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has welcomed the leadership of …