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Budget 2017: changes underway for PBS, MBS
The Health Minister is reportedly finalising agreements with the Pharmacy Guild and Medicines Australia over funding, drug costs According to media reports Health Minister Greg Hunt is closing an agreement …
Poll: Do you support a mandatory national real-time monitoring system?
Health Minister Greg Hunt is expected to announce additional funding to get a mandatory national real-time recording system up and running by the end of the year According to media …
National monitoring system on horizon
Health Minister Greg Hunt is expected to announce additional funding to get a national real-time recording system for drugs of dependence up and running by Christmas Media reports have revealed …
Codeine concerns
Pharmacists share their top concerns about the upcoming schedule change in an AJP poll Readers were asked what they were most worried about once codeine-containing analgesics go prescription-only in February …
The week in review
It’s been a difficult week for pharmacy, even for those who were able to stay dry As Cyclone Debbie raged in Queensland and northern NSW, the eyes of the pharmacy …
Common sense outcome on MedsASSIST: PSA, SHPA
Pharmacy groups have applauded the Health Minister for supporting the continuation of real-time monitoring On Thursday the Pharmacy Guild made a shock announcement that Health Minister Greg Hunt had intervened to …
Hunt intervenes to hold off MedsASSIST shutdown
Greg Hunt has intervened in support of MedsASSIST, prompting the Guild to hold off its shutdown MedsASSIST – the real time recording system developed by the Guild to help reduce …
The week in review
We take a look back at the week in pharmacy With the biggest event on the conference calendar, APP, finished over the weekend, it’s now time for Health Minister Greg …
Will the Health Minister follow through?
New Health Minister Greg Hunt’s speech at APP was warmly welcomed… but will he follow through with his suggested intentions? Speaking off the cuff and having confirmed some of the …
Say that again Minister
AJP editor Chris Brooker casts a critical eye over the Minister for Health Greg Hunt’s APP2017 speech It’s fair to say that the public pharmacy debut of relatively new federal …
Hunt: “modest” progress for risk share, location rules
Speaking at APP2017, the Minister for Health addressed location rules, risk share arrangements and more Minister Greg Hunt addressed delegates on Thursday morning in opening the conference on the Gold …
Greg Hunt to open APP
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the APP organising committee have announced that the Federal Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, will attend APP2017 APP Chairman Kos Sclavos …