Pharmacy Guild
Pharmacists needed to help keep Aussies out of hospital
Patients are waiting longer in emergency departments, prompting pharmacy stakeholders to point out how members of the profession can help The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released new …
Guild slams CWH-Sigma takeover with ‘increased commercialisation’ warning
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says it believes the “apparent imminent takeover” of Sigma Healthcare by Chemist Warehouse poses significant questions and risks The Pharmacy Guild has responded to yesterday’s …
Patients getting 60-day scripts without consent: Guild
The Pharmacy Guild is seeking clarification from a leading doctor, regarding her comments on 60-day “misinformation” from pharmacists Royal Australian College of General Practitioners national president Dr Nicole Higgins has …
The week in review
The pharmacy sector isn’t slowing down just because it’s December…it’s been a whirlwind of activity this week for the profession This week the University of Technology Sydney released its latest …
Pharmacist-prescribed oral PrEP could roll out nationwide
Pharmacists urge the lowering of barriers to accessing and affording medicines which could lead to the elimination of HIV Health minister Mark Butler has announced the release of the HIV …
Reinvest Supercare funds into community pharmacy: Tassone
Savings from changes to funding for Victoria’s Supercare Pharmacies could be ploughed back into the sector to improve patient health, one leading pharmacist says The Victorian Government has made changes …
The week in review
Some key reports, congratulations, more losses from the profession and more debate over 60-day dispensing all made the news this week This week health minister Mark Butler told the Guild …
CT consultant to head Vic Guild
Following a “thorough” recruitment process, a new branch director has been appointed at the Victorian branch of the Pharmacy Guild Guild Victorian branch president Anthony Tassone has announced the appointment …
Pharmacists support unleashing of nurses
Nurses highlight international scope expansion in advocating for the evolution of primary care The Australian College of Nursing has called for significant change to Australia’s primary care delivery model, “to …
The high road, or the low road?
The current community pharmacy agreement negotiations promise to be a unique journey. And owners need to build some roads of their own rather than just rely on the CPA According …
Regular-hours workers can still be casuals under IR bill change
Pharmacy owners will have greater certainty due to changes to Labor’s industrial relations bill concerning casuals, says the Guild Labor’s Closing Loopholes Bill had come under fire from employer groups, …
More pharmacist jabs criticised as ‘gambling’ with children’s health
Pharmacists call for vaccine harmonisation, as doctors slam new regulations enabling pharmacists to vaccinate children aged two and up The Australian Medical Association has attacked an announcement by the Queensland …