location rules
Location rules court contest
The owner of two Melbourne pharmacies has had his case upheld in Federal Court against the Health Minister over the approval of a 24-hr pharmacy …
A town with no medicines
Minister petitioned by a town without a pharmacy, and more argy bargy over PBS rejections, were parliamentary highlights last week A majority of citizens of …
Location rules: What has changed?
A go-to guide on what you need to know about the changes to pharmacy location rules, which come into effect from 3 October, by Stephanie McGrath …
Getting the right location
Flexibility is the key to new location rules changes, Minister says Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says changes to the pharmacy location rules will achieve …
Reaching an agreement: the 6CPA report card
As we pass the halfway mark in the life of the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement, we look at how it’s worked for pharmacy. By Chris …
CWH article doesn’t fly with Guild
Chemist Warehouse is a “supermarket duck”, according to an article in the Australian Financial Review The AFR has taken aim at pharmacy regulations for the …
Duckett condemns ‘do-nothing response’ to King Review
Guild executive director David Quilty has hit back at an article which claimed the government “totally squibbed” the King Review In an Australian Financial Review …
Hunt foreshadows conservative response to King proposals
Health Minister Greg Hunt has spoken out on access to NIP vaccines, a high-cost drug solution, Medicare provider numbers, and “effectively” rejecting King Review proposals …
CWH moves in next door
Chemist Warehouse is setting up its second New Zealand store in the Auckland suburb of Botany… right next door to the Unichem Maxx pharmacy Readers …
The week in review
Several stakeholders have taken aim at pharmacy this week… but others have expressed support for what pharmacists do The ACTU has called for changes to …
Pharmacy regulation an area of ‘policy purgatory’
Disappearing reports into the pharmacy sector are a sign that “the pharmacy industry has far too great an influence on its own regulation,” says David …
Govt has locked in ‘protection racket’ for Guild: PPA
The pharmacist union has criticised a health amendment bill that removed the location rules sunset clause Three weeks ago, the National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits …