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Queensland is “out of step” with other jurisdictions, the Pharmacy Guild says in its submission to the state’s inquiry into the sector And Courier-Mail editor Sam Weir says that wider …

It was pharmacy hunting season this week, as GPs and writers took aim at the sector First, Fairfax media ran a piece criticising pharmacy health checks, quoting a prominent RACGP …

Crimes committed by pharmacists may be increasing, claims an article published in Fairfax media An article in the Sydney Morning Herald quotes director of NSW Health’s Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit, Bruce …

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 opinion piece titled “Turnbull government …

The NSW Guild has issued a reminder to consumers that pharmacies can offer absence from work certificates “As flu season draws closer, patients are reminded that not only are they …

Mainstream media appear to have removed an article reporting on its sending a well employee to a pharmacy for a sick note Last week, News Corp published an article in …

Following a series of mainstream media reports criticising pharmacy-issued sick notes, the PSA has confirmed they are within pharmacy’s scope of practice While issuing absence from work certificates is within …

Some employers are unenthusiastic about accepting absence from work certificates issued by pharmacists, mainstream media claim News Corp media have reported that Innex Willox, chief executive of the Australian Industry …

Opioids are still in the news, as methadone patients are vilified in the press and pharmacists respond to accusations of price gouging The Pharmacy Guild‘s Anthony Tassone says he has …

The ‘Methadone madness’ story run by a current affairs program was highly irresponsible, writes Anthony Tassone This was an appalling piece trying desperately to parade as journalism which could only …

Anger over the increased price of low-dose codeine is growing – and pharmacists are in the firing line Pharmacy Guild NSW Branch president David Heffernan has hit back at claims …

A controversial TGA bill that would have seen advertising pre-approvals removed has been passed by the Senate The Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill 2017 was passed with an amendment, negotiated by …