GPs
How might a GP-owned pharmacy work?
Greg Hunt has again said no to non-pharmacist ownership, but a leading doctor has condemned “protectionism” in the sector This week, the AMA announced that it had created a working …
Docs cutting noses off to spite their face: Tassone
The AMA is calling for a move away from community pharmacy as the vehicle for dispensing medicines in rural and regional areas Along with incorporating pharmacy services into general practice …
Guild accused of ‘bullying’ governments for profit
The leaders of Australia’s peak general practice organisations have united to lobby governments not to accept Pharmacy Guild policy The doctors said in a statement that the Guild is attempting …
Community pharmacist prescribing ‘indefensible,’ says doc
Only two in three Australians trying to access a GP for urgent medical care are seen that day, a leading GP writes in criticising the Queensland pharmacy trial Dr Richard …
AMA ‘sat like a moo cow’ while GP surgeries corporatised: Guild
An AMA state councillor has attacked what it calls the “open secret” of complex pharmacy ownership structures, as well as discount chains and alternative therapies Writing on the AMA WA’s …
First pharmacy Telehealth service launches
Sigma Healthcare and its branded pharmacies have launched a partnership with Doctors on Demand called InClinic, which it says is Australia’s first Telehealth service in pharmacies InClinic provides patients with …
GP waiting times to ‘blow out,’ says Guild
Around 800 workforce visas for doctors to work in primary care are set to be removed—and the Guild says pharmacists can help manage the extra burden Reforms which will see …
‘The AMA has verballed the Pharmacy Guild.’
The AMA needs to “calm down and stop jumping at shadows,” says the Guild, as the AMA Council discusses the Guild’s policy paper The AMA’s Federal Council has discussed the …
‘This is about pharmacists trying to be the best pharmacists they can be.’
It’s not up to doctors to dictate what services pharmacists should be able to offer, says a Guild leader Pharmacy Guild Victorian branch president Anthony Tassone appeared in Fairfax media …
Guild push for ‘full scope’ as 7CPA talks ramp up
GP shortages are leaving Aussies frustrated, says Guild in push for more vaccines, common ailments and prescribing, but AMA says pharmacists are trying to play doctor After having to defend …
What really happened?
AJP speaks to the man behind the pharmacist flu vaccine injury claim—were his symptoms really the result of injury, or something else? In early July, at the height of consumer …
The week in review
Money was a hot topic in pharmacy this week… for both patients and pharmacists There was big news in Western Australia, as state Health Minister Roger Cook announced at a …
