Pharmacy Guild
‘We would hope that Tasmania could lead’
Tasmania’s opposition has called on the state government to release a report on scope of practice for pharmacists – as one stakeholder highlights the need for better health access Shadow …
Greenwood to leave Guild
Pharmacy Guild executive director Suzanne Greenwood is resigning as executive director, after overseeing four years of change and reform in the sector Guild national president Professor Trent Twomey has announced …
Canberra pharmacies to offer UTI prescribing access
Five ACT pharmacies are set to join the NSW-led urinary tract infection prescribing trial The ACT government has secured an agreement with the NSW government which will allow Canberran pharmacies …
The week in review
Sixty-day dispensing was still making waves, as flu case numbers rose and the industry lost a discounting pioneer Double dispensing remains top of mind, and we heard from Flinders University‘s …
The week in review
There was a sharp contrast between confidence in the pharmacy sector late last year, and the reality mid-2023, as our headlines showed this week The University of Technology Sydney Pharmacy …
‘We need a new funding agreement’
60-day dispensing has “essentially blown up” the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement mid-term, says Anthony Tassone Guild Victorian branch president Anthony Tassone speaks to AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh about the …
The week in review
The biggest story this week continues to be 60-day dispensing, which was debated in Parliament and which has inched a step closer Double dispensing came one step closer to reality …
Scholarships open
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and Symbion have announced that applications for scholarships under their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pharmacy students initiative are now open The scholarships are designed …
‘They’re not listening, they think we’re lying’
Thirty-day dispensing for more than 300 medicines is “absurd,” says the PM, as his pharmacist says she can’t understand Labor’s refusal to listen to the community pharmacy sector Former Nationals …
Almost 21k jobs to go, 665 pharmacies to close; Guild report
One sixth of pharmacies under “financial stress” if government doesn’t relent on double-dispensing Close to 21,000 jobs will be lost, 665 pharmacies will close and another 944 – one sixth …
The week in review
Canberra was the focus this week, as pharmacists received King’s Birthday honours… while 60-day dispensing was a hot topic in Parliament There were fiery exchanges in Parliament about 60-day dispensing …
Is yours Australia’s top pharmacy?
Nominations are now open for the prestigious Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s 2024 Pharmacy of the Year awards Members of the public, as well as those in the profession, are invited …