Pharmacy Board
Prescribing: next steps
The Pharmacy Board received more than 30 submissions regarding pharmacist prescribing, and says it’s now reviewing the feedback On 4 March 2019, the Board released a discussion paper, looking for …
One out of three ain’t bad
Autonomous prescribing is the only feasible option out of three mooted plans for pharmacist prescribing, according to the Pharmacy Guild The Pharmacy Guild has responded to the Pharmacy Board’s consultation …
Advocating collaborative pharmacist prescribing
PSA says it supports collaborative prescribing of medicines by pharmacists to improve Australians’ access to safe and effective healthcare PSA made the statement in its response to the Pharmacy Board …
‘We’re not going to change our minds.’
Pharmacist prescribing is “more likely about supporting their business model,” a leading GP says The RACGP has again hit out at the concept of pharmacist prescribing, describing it as working …
Pharmacist full scope an insult, says AMA
The Australian Medical Association says pharmacist prescribing would be a ‘fundamental conflict of interest’ The AMA has published its response to the Board’s discussion paper Pharmacist Prescribing, which proposed that …
Suspended pharmacist just kept working
A pharmacist who kept opening and operating a pharmacy alone – after he was suspended – has been fined $24,500 A NSW Court has convicted the suspended pharmacist, David Le, …
Prescribe three ways: Grattan
The Grattan Institute has released its submission to the Pharmacy Board of Australia’s discussion paper on pharmacist prescribing, recommending they be able to prescribe under all three suggested models The …
To prescribe, or not to prescribe….
Questions are increasingly being asked about the likelihood of pharmacists having limited powers to prescribe, and Guild leaders endorse the possibility The issue of pharmacist’s being able to prescribe medicines …
Suspended after filling fraudulent scripts
A pharmacist has had his registration suspended for six months after he dispensed up to 15 tablets of alprazolam and 17 tablets of diazepam per day to a patient The …
Pharmacy: the numbers
The gap between male and female pharmacist numbers continues to grow, as does the overall number of pharmacists registered in Australia The Pharmacy Board has released its latest figures regarding …
The week in review
A lot can happen in just one week in Australia’s pharmacy sector… This week, AHPRA released its annual report and we got a look at the notification figures: only 6% …
New board chair appointed
The Pharmacy Board of Australia has a new chair as Bill Kelly steps down Queensland pharmacist Brett Simmonds is the new chair of the Pharmacy Board of Australia, succeeding the …