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New grants to “boost general practice infrastructure in Australia” will do little to rectify the current challenges in primary care, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia warns  Under the $220 million …

Pharmacists who are registered to participate in the NSW Pharmacist Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) Trail, are being urged to hold off treating patients until researchers give the green …

Treasurer has opportunity to ease cost-of-living pressures in Budget by slashing patients’ medication spending  Jim Chalmers, the federal Treasurer can make medicines more affordable, without adding to inflationary pressures by …

Pharmacy owners are being urged to lobby their local politicians to back the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s Affordable Medicines Now campaign  Professor Trent Twomey, the Guild’s National President, wants community …

Cost remains a barrier preventing many patients from accessing prescription medicines, despite the $12.50 reduction in the PBS general co-payment  Further cuts to the maximum Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) co-payment are …

Politicians are being told to “put their money where their mouth is” and slash the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme general co-payment by $11  Claims that healthcare is a priority for Australia’s …

Federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, is facing renewed calls to cut the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) general co-payment for the second time in next month’s Budget  Having successfully secured a $12.50 …

Pharmacists in Western Australia could see their scope of practice expand to include prescribing for urinary tract infections (UTIs) later this year  Community pharmacy leaders are working with the WA …

Pharmacy Guild of Australia leaders are in Canberra for the final parliamentary sitting week ahead of the federal Budget amid a Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement funding crisis  With a funding …

Increasing numbers of pharmacists are working part-time adding to the profession’s ongoing workforce shortage, a Pharmacy Guild of Australia national councillor believes  While Pharmacy Board of Australia registration data shows …

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) signature requirements will not return, Mark Butler, the federal Minister for Health and Aged Care says  Special arrangements authorising pharmacists to sign Prescription Refund Forms on …

Pharmacists are being urged to take advice from “modern day philosopher, Taylor Swift”, and “shake off” attacks from the medical profession’s peak bodies  Criticism of pharmacist prescribing pilots by the …