Pharmacy Guild
Guild, Digital Health Agency team up
The Pharmacy Guild has joined forces with the Australian Digital Health Agency to help build pharmacies’ digital health capabilities Both the Agency and the Guild are strong advocates for the …
Clinical Intervention: a clinical or financial scheme?
This week’s contributor wanted to remain anonymous: here, our Guest Author asks whether the Clinical Intervention scheme should exist in its current form at all A brief overview Let’s begin …
Meningitis support for WA expanded vaccines
The launch of a new campaign to encourage meningococcal vaccination has lent support to WA pharmacy’s bid to expand its vaccination service Meningitis Centre Australia has launched a new campaign …
Harm minimisation forum at Pharmacy Connect
A pre-conference workshop at Pharmacy Connect will explore the issue of harm minimisation This workshop will provide the latest clinical information, research and treatment options for both OTC and prescription …
Prescription painkillers kill more than heroin
The Guild has called again for real time monitoring after data show prescription painkiller overdose deaths have overtaken those from heroin The rate of accidental deaths due to opioids is …
Doctors attack Guild codeine proposal
Outspoken pharmacy critic Dr Edwin Kruys has taken aim at the Guild over its proposed model for codeine Yesterday in Forefront, the Pharmacy Guild outlined its proposed “Prescription – except …
MedsASSIST use hasn’t dropped
Most pharmacies are still using MedsASSIST, an AJP poll has found As the deadline for the upscheduling of codeine-containing OTCs grows closer, AJP readers had warned that pharmacies might drop …
King approach ‘radical and untested’
The direction taken by the King Review looks like a calculated attempt to dismantle the current community pharmacy model, says Guild executive director David Quilty. In this week’s edition of …
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarships announced
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced the recipients of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme This year two students have been awarded the prestigious scholarship and …
Pharmacy of the Year entries open
The hunt to find Australia’s best pharmacy is on again Applications opened today for the prestigious Pharmacy Guild of Australia Pharmacy of the Year Award 2018. The Pharmacy Guild says …
Does anyone have HMR pharmacists’ back?
Failure to lift the cap on HMRs makes no sense, writes Karalyn Huxhagen The recent discussion about the new Community Pharmacy Agreement rules has fuelled my ire. When I spoke …
$1 discount didn’t drive pharmacy choice
Less than 10% of consumer respondents to a King Review survey deliberately chose a pharmacy to obtain the $1 copayment discount The controversial optional $1 copayment discount has not been …