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Pharmacists cannot be expected to do more with less, PSA leader says  Associate Professor Fei Sim, the national president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) says that expanding pharmacists’ …

Government urged to introduce pay parity for services that fall within overlapping scope  Disparities in fees paid to pharmacists, nurses and doctors for administering vaccines need to be addressed as …

Pharmacists will not be getting Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) provider numbers any time soon,  Moves to provide individual MBS provider numbers to pharmacists will require a recommendation from the Pharmaceutical …

Pharmacy owners from Chemist Warehouse are among the 2020 individuals who signed a petition calling for greater recognition of pharmacists  Melbourne-based pharmacy advocate, Pardeep Singh, says he received support from unlikely …

More than 2000 people have backed a petition calling for pharmacists to be given access to Medicare provider numbers  Melbourne-based pharmacist, Pardeep Singh’s petition called on politicians to “recognise pharmacists …

Failure to fairly remunerate pharmacists may lead to a mass exodus, warns pharmacy group in calling on the Federal Government for MBS payments nearing $40 per vax The workforce is …

The final report of the MBS Review Taskforce is a win for interdisciplinary collaboration, say pharmacists The PSA has welcomed the final report released by the Medicare Benefits Schedule Review …

Pharmacists need to play a greater role in aged care facilities, PSA president believes, with access to MBS funding a possibility There is a pressing need for pharmacists to play …

A bill is being considered to give the government more powers to investigate PBS and MBS fraud, including claims for medicines that have not been supplied Health Minister Greg Hunt …

The current system benefits patients and drives competition on medicines, argues this community pharmacist The main features of the Australian Healthcare system are the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and the …

The Federal Government is planning on having the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement signed, sealed and delivered by the end of the year, a senior bureaucrat says Speaking at the Pharmacy …

It’s not up to doctors to dictate what services pharmacists should be able to offer, says a Guild leader Pharmacy Guild Victorian branch president Anthony Tassone appeared in Fairfax media …