GPs
Docs argue for paracetamol upschedule
The AMA has spoken out on the TGA’s recommendations on restricting paracetamol, saying pharmacists can help patients navigate pain management The Australian Medical Association’s submission on paracetamol scheduling supports limiting …
Doc attacks ‘rules-based’ pharmacy profession
An outspoken doctor has lashed out at pharmacy prescribing, saying pharmacists don’t have the skills to make it useful Dr Evan Ackermann, a Gold Coast GP and former chair of …
Patients supportive of pharmacist prescribing: CHF
Results from a survey of the Consumers Health Forum’s Australia’s Health Panel, show almost 75% of patients support some form of pharmacist prescribing Speaking during a webinar focused on pharmacist …
NSW accused of ‘shortcuts’ over women’s health
Doctors are speaking out against the NSW pharmacy prescribing trials, with the AMA saying the Premier has sidelined the TGA The Australian Medical Association’s NSW branch has slammed this week’s …
‘Why are we still paying too much in dispensing fees?’
A teal MP has backed doctors’ call for extended script lengths, as more doctors say fewer pharmacy visits would help patients Independent member for Kooyong Monique Ryan has told the …
Double dispensing ‘win-win,’ say docs
The idea of double dispensing has been raised again, with one group calling on the Health Minister to extend scripts to two months The Australian Medical Association has said in …
The week in review
The debate about scope of practice continued this week, plus decisions on Covid boosters and several medications Scope of practice is still top of mind, with Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
Vast amounts of drugs prescribed ‘incompatible with life’
The dispensing of a lot of fake scripts could have been avoided, if one doctor had acted on a pharmacist’s concerns A Tribunal has heard how a patient walked off …
Case highlights issue of when to retire
A doctor’s practice has been called “lazy” and “sloppy” after he treated himself and a close family member for a decade The Medical Board of Australia has issued a statement …
GPs raise pharmacy vending machine idea again
“The time is now” to deregulate pharmacy, say GPs, spruiking supermarket pharmacy, online pharmacy, and reforms to the ownership and location rules – as well as research into automated dispensing …
Should pharmacy be exempt from payroll tax?
A leading pharmacist says if GPs are exempt from payroll tax, community pharmacy should be exempt too “No one likes payroll tax, but it’s a well-known cost of running a …
Room for improvement in ADR reporting
Australia needs to adopt a robust and standardised pharmacovigilance system to improve adverse drug reaction reporting, researchers believe. A review of reporting, monitoring and handling of ADRs in Australia, published …