Pharmacy Guild
The week in review
This week, all eyes were on Canberra as the Health Minister announced 60-day dispensing First, stakeholders were just talking about the impact 60-day dispensing could have on pharmacy and patients. …
‘They’ll just pull the rug out from under them’
A visibly upset Trent Twomey has told reporters that Labor is failing to engage with community pharmacy over 60-day dispensing, with MPs and senators taking their phones “off the hook” …
Confirmed: Butler announces double dispensing
Health Minister Mark Butler has announced 60-day scripts will apply to more than 300 molecules from 1 September Butler has confirmed a policy found in draft Budget papers to implement …
‘It really breaks down the fundamental tenet of the PBS’
It’s as though a third disaster is about to hit pharmacy, says one sector leader: bushfires, Covid-19 and now 60-day dispensing Australians are already facing dire shortages of several key …
The week in review
Uncertainty over the possibility of 60-day dispensing intensified this week, as draft Budget papers show it could soon be a reality The Pharmacy Guild of Australia held an emergency webinar …
Docs push vending machines, supermarket pharmacies
Doctors are now working an economic and competition angle in their bid to rid the pharmacy sector of the ownership and location rules The Australian Medical Association has produced its …
The week in review
Two opposing forces lobbied for different ways to save patients money this week, while there was lots of medicines news and we looked at burnout in hospitals There was bad …
Docs ‘gobsmacked’ to discover longstanding clause
In its latest salvo against the Pharmacy Guild, a doctor stakeholder group has slammed the remuneration adjustment mechanism in the 7CPA Doctor groups continue to lobby for 60-day dispensing and …
Double dispensing would be ‘own goal’ says CWH director
The furore over 60-day scripts is intensifying, with a Chemist Warehouse leader warning of shortages and citing the panic buying of the early days of the pandemic CWH director Mario …
First scope training cohort full
The North Queensland Community Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot is officially underway The Pharmacy Guild says that 175 registered community pharmacists have just embarked on higher education and training, from …
Quirky video comes out on top
Pharmacy 777 Port Hedland in Western Australia is the first prize winner for Best Video in the Pharmacy Guild’s 2023 ‘Why I Love Rural Pharmacy’ video competition The contest was open to …