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PSA gets own profession-wide Agreement
Pharmacist group signs its own Agreement with the Albanese government, as discussions continue for programs not under the 8CPA’s remit The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed the signing of …
8CPA signed
It’s here: the long-awaited Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement has just been signed, with a focus on cost of living Update: Health minister Mark Butler has announced that a new and …
Target highest-risk patients first: SHPA
Advanced pharmacy crucial to improving health outcomes as SHPA welcomes 8CPA progress The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has welcomed progress made toward the 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) …
‘60-day scripts are here to stay, now and into the future’
Health minister Mark Butler says “these are exciting times for the pharmacy sector,” as he tells a packed plenary session about his hopes for the Unleashing the Scope review, and …
Silos, restrictions and inconsistency named as scope barriers
The first issue paper from the Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce Scope of Practice Review has highlighted existing barriers preventing pharmacists practising to their full and top of …
What is motivating pharmacists?
Pharmacists are being encouraged to have their say on everything from income and job satisfaction to leaving the profession The Pharmacy in Australia: Measuring Employment, Labour decisions and Activity (PAMELA) pharmacist workforce …
Vision for 2030 on the way
The PSA foresaw “a true primary healthcare crisis” experienced by pharmacists in 2023, it says in its public annual report The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has released its 2022-23 annual …
10 actions to change the pharmacy workforce
FIP issues a workforce transformation call towards a range of progressive pharmacy roles On the fifth anniversary of the Astana Declaration on primary health care (25 October 2023), the International …
The week in review
Double dispensing is still ranking high in the headlines, plus organisations are looking for some key members The Community and Pharmacy Support Group claimed that Wesfarmers‘ InstantScripts had set to …
The week in review
It was a busy week in Canberra, as pharmacists rallied against 60-day dispensing and voiced their displeasure According to CAPS, around 2,500 pharmacists from around the country gathered outside Parliament …
Too many snakes, not enough ladders
From a record high in November 2022, the announcement of the Government’s 60-day dispensing policy is crippling confidence in the community pharmacy sector, writes Nick O’Donoghue Data from the latest …
Research priorities revealed
The federal government has released its Primary Health Research Plan, developed to guide Medical Research Future Fund investments The plan has been developed by an independent expert advisory panel to …