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Doctors are up in arms about the “madness” of newly announced NSW pharmacy scope of practice and UTI trials, as the Premier says the state can’t wait for GPs to …

The AMA has “deliberately” distorted the aim of an event designed to highlight medicines safety, says the Pharmacy Guild Earlier during Medicines Safety Week (7-13 November 2022), the Pharmaceutical Society’s …

An Auckland-trained pharmacist is speaking out to GPs about practising to the top of scope, in response to doctors’ concerns Melbourne pharmacist Pardeep Singh told the AJP that pharmacists are …

The RACGP has slammed planned remuneration for pharmacy scope trial pharmacies, as the AMA schedules a meeting with the Health Ombudsman and the Guild says the trial offers choice The …

After the final scope of the North Queensland Pharmacy Trial was announced, doctor groups have attacked it as “second class treatment” The scheme will see pharmacists engage in post-graduate training …

It was a busy week for Ahpra, plus another round of the UTI turf wars and a new critique of the ownership and location rules The latest Productivity Commission report …

A leading doctor says six out of seven patients receiving antibiotics for UTIs could be misdiagnosed by pharmacists, while the NSW Guild says that pharmacists’ skills are needed in the …

The stoush over Queensland’s pharmacist Urinary Tract Infection service has moved interstate, as NSW and WA head towards implementing something similar – and the AMA protests the prospect Queensland has …

The Guild calls for the permanent UTI service to go nationwide, while the AMA encourages doctors to report “complications” from the service to the Health Ombudsman The Queensland Urinary Tract …

The RACGP has elected a “negotiator” who has spoken out against the Queensland pharmacy trials The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has announced its new President-Elect, Dr Nicole Higgins, …

An embedded GP pharmacist led to enhanced medication safety, improved communication and better quality of life for patients, a new Australian study has found A new qualitative study has found …

Possible historical underpayments at API, GPs campaigning on an anti-pharmacy scope platform and exclusion from the Jobs Summit… it’s been quite a week in pharmacy The Government held its Jobs …