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Extended prescribing impasse
Mixed messages from the Department of Health over two-month prescriptions, as new documents say pharmacist mark-ups will impact consumer and taxpayer savings New Department of Health documents reveal that two-month …
Can we stop the medicine arms race?
Patients at risk of “exploitative manipulation” from medicines lobbyists if PBS politicisation continues, doctor tells parliament Arguments have continued to rage in Federal Parliament over claims of the apparent politicisation …
Meeting the target
Extension granted to allow time to recruit more patients as slow uptake hampers beginning of Chronic Pain MedsCheck trial The Department of Health has granted an additional two months of …
On the record
Pharmacy’s contribution to the uptake of My Health Record revealed to Parliament The impact of the new My Health Record program to health care has been graphically illustrated in testimony …
Pharmacy program gets bigger
MedsCheck costs have almost doubled over the last two years, newly released data reveals The amount paid by the Federal Government in relation to claims made by pharmacists for the …
Codeine: a done deal
Upscheduling to go ahead on 1 February, after TGA didn’t receive any formal submission to delay, senior bureaucrat confirms OTC codeine in Australia is set to become a memory with …