ownership rules
Ownership bill keeps pharmacies in pharmacists’ hands
Queensland’s new ownership rules to “safeguard the interests of community pharmacies” Queensland’s Pharmacy Business Ownership Bill 2023 is set to come into effect within the next 18 months after being passed by …
Docs demand pharmacy rules Bill rejection
Doctors are yet again calling for the removal of pharmacy ownership and location rules, despite a report countering their objections A Queensland parliamentary committee has recommended supporting the Pharmacy Business …
Why large corporate retailers should stay out of pharmacy: committee
Guild welcomes moves in Queensland to forbid pharmacies being located in supermarkets, and preventing third parties from exercising “inappropriate control” of medicines provision The report into the Pharmacy Business Ownership …
GP ‘push to corporatise’ pharmacy criticised
Corporatisation a factor in the dwindling numbers of GPs, says leading pharmacist in opposing the AMA’s stance on pharmacy ownership Two weeks after its representatives appeared at Queensland’s the Economics …
‘Our colony is overrun with medical adventurers’
Should only registered pharmacists be able to dispense therapeutic goods? Following the “great sensation amongst the druggists in this city” – namely, a lawsuit over wrongful dispensing – pharmacists of …
VPA to “closely monitor” CWH merger
The Victorian Pharmacy Authority says it is “prepared to act in accordance with its powers” when it comes to issues around pharmacy ownership In its latest circular, the VPA noted …
Beware growing corporatisation: Guild
Leading pharmacist demands protection for the ownership rules in asking for scrutiny of the Chemist Warehouse-Sigma reverse listing The Pharmacy Guild of Australia Queensland Branch has issued a statement expressing …
Labor lauded for holding firm on 60-day dispensing
National newspaper urges government to reconsider pharmacy ownership rules, as Guild leader warns double dispensing forecasts may be optimistic The government is being urged to call out “the hypocrisy of …
Docs push for further pharmacy change
Doctors may have gotten their way when it comes to 60-day dispensing… what else are they asking for? The Australian Medical Association has released a “checklist for cheaper medicines,” following …
Scope to expand regardless of election result
Pharmacists in NSW will see their scope of practice expand no matter who wins this month’s state election Letters from the leaders of the state’s two major parties to the …
Docs unhappy with pharmacist-only ownership
Doctors’ group calls for non-pharmacist ownership, and alleges political interference related to 60-day dispensing, in submission to review The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has again called for the abolishment of …
‘Communities will die’ if supermarkets wrest control
The Pharmacy Guild has been accused of “moral bankruptcy” over the ownership rules, as Woollies bids on API and the ACCC begins its investigation into the Wesfarmers bid for the …