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“Savings through pharmacists’ dispensing”
The government’s agreement with the Guild has allowed reinvestment in the medicines sector, says Health Minister Greg Hunt Guaranteeing the MBS and the PBS is the first “pillar” of the …
Vaping nicotine: ‘not on my watch’
Using e-cigarettes could be a gateway to smoking the real thing, Health Minister Greg Hunt says In an interview with Triple J Hack reporter Sarah McVeigh, Mr Hunt said he …
Pharmacy key in ‘third wave’ health reforms
The Pharmacy Guild has begun talks with Health Minister Greg Hunt to discuss how pharmacy can help avoid hospital admissions In this week’s edition of Guild newsletter Forefront, national executive …
PBS listing for first pan-genotypic antiviral hep C treatment
Hepatitis Australia has welcomed today’s announcement that a new hepatitis C drug will be listed on the PBS Epclusa, the first pan-genotypic antiviral, will be PBS listed from 1 August, …
Location rule certainty
Minister confirms a range of initiatives to boost pharmacy’s primary care role The Federal government is moving to give certainty to community pharmacy over location rules, Health Minister Greg Hunt …
Poll: Are you still using MedsASSIST?
It’s so valuable that the Health Minister intervened to save it… but are pharmacies still using MedsASSIST? The Guild planned to wind up MedsASSIST in March 2017, saying it would …
New PBS listings
Health Minister Greg Hunt has highlighted a number of new drugs to gain PBS listing The new listings are worth $142 million, Mr Hunt says. Vorinostat (Zolinza) will be available …
Greg Hunt to open PSA17
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt will officially open PSA17 PSA National President-elect Dr Shane Jackson says he is delighted to confirm Mr Hunt will open PSA17 as a keynote speaker …
The week in review
We take a look back at the week in pharmacy Over the weekend, Valium 5mg in blister packs of 50 tablets was recalled due to tampering, in a case which …
One of the four pillars
Minister tells AMA that pharmacy is crucial to Australia’s health care and that dispensary reform is key Pharmacy sits as one of the four pillars of healthcare, Federal Health Minister …
Minister addresses pharmacy sector
Health Minister Greg Hunt has taken to Forefront to update pharmacists on the government’s Budget agreement with the Pharmacy Guild His message follows on from his address at the APP …
Pharmacy’s $600m windfall
The Health Minister is expected to follow through with promised 6CPA funding for community pharmacy programs After Minister Greg Hunt announced at APP 2017 that the government was working “very …