Pharmacy Guild
Vaccine ‘travesty’ as Victoria locks down
Another 900 general practices are set to start delivering the COVID-19 vaccine… but where are the pharmacies? On Thursday the Victorian Government announced that it would be moving to “circuit …
Keeping watch
A new real time prescription monitoring service will create greater transparency across borders, and new drugs of concern will be added ACT Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith has announced that …
CWH, Chemist Depot on watch list
A year on from Melbourne’s 2020 COVID-19 second wave, pharmacies have again been added to the watch list According to the Herald Sun, Victorian authorities are currently negotiating whether Melbourne …
Charlie Barone honoured
Charlie Barone has been awarded an honorary life membership award by the Guild for his commitment and dedication to community pharmacy National President of the Pharmacy Guild, Trent Twomey, made …
The week in review
All eyes turned to the Gold Coast this week as the Guild hosts APP2021, in a bumper week for pharmacy news We heard the latest on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout …
‘I wonder what pharmacy will be like…’
What happened when rural and regional pharmacies went Back to the Future? Narrabri Pharmacy in NSW is the first prize winner for Best Video in the Pharmacy Guild’s 2021 ‘Why …
Welcome back Pfizer
Pfizer Australia has announced that it will transition back to the wholesaler distribution model in a move welcomed by the Guild Pfizer Australia said on Wednesday that it will distribute medicines through Community …
Employers forget CWH lesson on training: PPA
Employers are illegally forcing pharmacists to pay for their own COVID-19 vaccine training, claims the employee pharmacists’ union Professionals Pharmacists Australia has issued a statement saying that it has warned …
Vale Ian Brusasco AO
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland Branch, today expressed their deep condolences at the passing of Mr Ian Brusasco AO Mr Brusasco was a retired community pharmacist who had dedicated …
It’s over: Health Care Homes trial
The Guild has advised members about the demise of Health Care Homes The Australian Government has confirmed that the Community Pharmacy in Health Care Homes Trial Program will end on …
The week in review
A new COVID-19 cluster this week in Sydney, as the disease ravages India New restrictions were introduced in NSW this week, due to cases of COVID-19 acquired in the community, …
COVID pharmacy need ‘more acute’ in Queensland
The Queensland branches of the Guild and PSA have teamed up to underline the critical role of community pharmacies as the COVID-19 vaccination rollout evolves The two organisations say that …