Pharmacy Guild
Women not a burden on pharmacy: Guild
The Pharmacy Guild has come under fire for querying the employer role in paid parental leave As part of its submission to the Senate Inquiry on red tape, the Pharmacy …
Vic Guild donates $20k to Mirabel
Victorian pharmacists have dug deep to support disadvantaged children’s education Earlier this year, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Victoria Branch fundraised $20,000 in support of Mirabel foundation at their annual …
Push for pharmacist recall remuneration
The Guild has outlined some of its concerns about red tape in a submission to the Senate Inquiry on the issue The inquiry Committee is examining the red-tape effect on …
The week in review
It’s been a busy week in the pharmacy sector… There was big news in the world of banners this week, as the Malouf Group announced that it is to join …
Advanced Practice Collaborative launches
Pharmacy groups have united to launch the Advanced Practice Collaborative The Collaborative is a new committee that is planned to work collaboratively to examine and progress drivers for Advance Practice …
Codeine: it’s now up to the states
The Pharmacy Guild has reversed its position on the codeine upschedule – or so says the Health Minister Speaking at the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ conference in Sydney …
Libs corner Hunt on codeine
Liberal MPs have flagged concerns with Health Minister Greg Hunt over the codeine upschedule in a party room meeting The Guardian reports that Tim Wilson, Russell Broadbent, Jason Falinski and …
Ownership rules review in WA
Concerns about corporate discount pharmacies have sparked a review into pharmacy ownership laws in Western Australia WA Health Minister Roger Cook has launched a review of pharmacy ownership, with public …
Rural student scholarships open
Rural Pharmacy Scholarship applications have opened for 2018 Students from rural and remote locations who are studying pharmacy or are intending to study pharmacy have been invited by the Guild …
Assisted dying: ‘the key word here is voluntary’
The Government won’t facilitate the approval of lethal medicines used in voluntary assisted dying, the Health Minister says And a spokesperson for the Pharmacy Guild says that the key word …
The week in review
It’s been a busy week, with several pieces of legislation affecting pharmacy The guarantee to preserve existing pharmacy location rules was among several measures tabled in Federal Parliament this week, …
No ‘snowflake in hell’s chance’ of approval were codeine invented today
MedsASSIST is “inadequate” and codeine would not be approved were it invented today, the AMA president has said But the Pharmacy Guild says that the decision-making tool deserves to be …