location rules
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 …
Call for more PBS cuts rejected
Pharmacy stakeholders have slammed calls for further PBS cuts in a new Grattan report The Pharmacy Guild says it “completely rejects” the headline assertion of the report, which is titled Cutting …
What are the biggest issues confronting pharmacy in 2017?
Low wages, lack of jobs, lack of recognition, discounters … what concerns you the most? There are always pressures in pharmacy, whether financial, professional or personal. We’ve heard about concerns …
The right location?
The Australian Community Pharmacy Authority has been ordered to reconsider its rejection of an application to supply pharmaceutical benefits from a WA medical centre An initial application for a pharmacy …
Dawesville Chemmart’s long battle to get PBS approval number
It’s been a long battle for the Dawesville Chemmart, but more than 18 months after it first opened, the WA pharmacy has finally been granted its PBS approval number. Health …
Disaster dispensing rules to be changed
The National Health Amendments (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2016 has been read for the second time, proposing changes which will make life easier for PBS pharmacies affected by disaster. Flexibility regarding …
Locals sign petition for their pharmacy to be approved for PBS
Locals from the outer Newcastle suburb of Fletcher have signed a petition to have their only pharmacy, the Your Chemist Shop Fletcher, approved as a PBS pharmacy. Currently the pharmacy …
Face the facts, doctor: Part two
Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s Victorian branch president, Anthony Tassone, responds to comments by Dr Evan Ackermann This is the second part of a two-part rebuttal published on the AJP. Read part …
CWH attacks location rules, Guild hits back
Chemist Warehouse and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia go head-to-head on location rules in their Pharmacy Review submissions Both the giant pharmacy chain and membership organisation commissioned analyses of the …
Owners speak up on location rules
Should they be left alone, tweaked or scrapped altogether? King Review submissions reveal a variety of opinions So far the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation has received and published …
Location rules here to stay
Abolishing location rules would be ‘stupid policy’, Stephen King argues, but modifications are likely It would be “extremely surprising” if the Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation Review panel recommended abolishing …
Don’t alter a framework that works: economist
A leading economist has backed the existing location and ownership rules of community pharmacy. Delivering the annual Judy Liauw address at the Pharmacy Connect conference in Sydney, economist Professor Henry …