King Review
King Review submissions about to close
Submissions to the King Review close this Sunday The Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation has issued a reminder to all interested parties that they can make a submission to …
King approach ‘radical and untested’
The direction taken by the King Review looks like a calculated attempt to dismantle the current community pharmacy model, says Guild executive director David Quilty. In this week’s edition of …
Official Guild response to King interim paper heard at Pharmacy Connect
Pharmacy Connect will host two dedicated sessions to discuss some of the issues raised in the King Review’s interim report and the industry’s responses Conference Convenor Kos Sclavos says that …
Don’t discount PBS medicines, say pharmacists
Most pharmacists don’t believe they should ever be able to discount PBS-subsidised medicines, a King Review report has found This week, the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation released four …
The week in review
It’s been a week of controversy in Australian pharmacy, over everything from pay to whether the CPAs offer certainty for the sector A controversial report which called low pharmacist wages …
$1 discount didn’t drive pharmacy choice
Less than 10% of consumer respondents to a King Review survey deliberately chose a pharmacy to obtain the $1 copayment discount The controversial optional $1 copayment discount has not been …
King report: You’re still a ‘chemist’
Consumers hold pharmacy in high esteem… but their understanding of the sector has flaws The Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation has released four reports on the external advice provided …
The week in review
Pharmacists could be forgiven for having an identity crisis this week, after a slew of analogies were used to criticise the sector First, pharmacists’ scope of practice was compared to …
Why pharmacies are not like restaurants
An article accusing pharmacists of “raking it in while the public suffers” has been condemned by the Guild Pharmacy Guild national president George Tambassis has written to the Courier-Mail to …
Dispensing fees option could put pharmacies out of business
The Guild says it is still very concerned about the “true intentions” of the King Review Pharmacy Guild executive director David Quilty has written in Forefront that one measure put …
King Review: not so bad after all?
The pharmacy sector seems to have mellowed when it comes to the King Review It’s fair to say that from the outset, there was a certain amount of trepidation in …
Pharmacy attacked over King Review financial survey
A CHF spokesperson writing in the Guardian has taken aim at the Pharmacy Guild as media pile-on continues Communications Director for the Consumers Health Forum Mark Metherell has penned a …