Pharmacy Guild
Codeine upschedule would have costly consequences: Guild
The Guild has lodged a response to the interim decision by the Advisory Committee for Medicines Scheduling to re-schedule codeine products prescription only, national president George Tambassis has told Guild …
Guild creates Customer Experience index for members
A new member initiative is now available as part of a national trial to Guild member pharmacies, called the Customer Experience Index. This initiative is designed to provide customer experience, …
Pharmacy interns sought for Intern of the Year
The Pharmacy Guild Academy is again looking to reward outstanding pharmacy interns. Entries are now open for the Guild Intern of the Year 2015 award, which provides recognition to interns …
Pharmacy Assistants Conference 2015: news
The AJP is reporting from the Pharmacy Assistants Conference 2015, held at the QT Hotel on the Gold Coast. While the 6CPA was overall “fabulous” for pharmacy, the income pharmacies …
Call to pharmacies to support Walk4BrainCancer 2015
National President of the Pharmacy Guild George Tambassis has featured in a video encouraging pharmacies to create awareness about brain cancer by supporting Walk4BrainCancer 2015. In the video, Tambassis asks …
GP role is within current pharmacist scope of practice: PSA
The PSA has stressed that its model for pharmacists to be integrated into GP clinics incorporates roles that are within the pharmacist’s current scope of practice. Acting national president of …
ACMS interim decision: OTC codeine could go S4
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has expressed concern at the proposed re-scheduling of codeine containing analgesics to Schedule 4, Prescription Only Medicine. The interim decision of the Advisory Committee on …
Medicines Australia 18th Code of Conduct comes into effect
The Guild and other health professional and consumer organisations have voiced their support for the transparency changes in the new Medicines Australia 18th Code of Conduct, which has come into …
Abbott due credit for community pharmacy friendship: Tambassis
Pharmacy Guild national president George Tambassis has expressed thanks and appreciation to former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, “for his strong and unstinting support of community pharmacy”. “This year, community pharmacy …
New PM means new opportunities: David Quilty
Australia’s new Prime Minister and eight new faces in Federal Cabinet provide opportunities for new thinking and innovative approaches to business including pharmacy, says Guild executive director David Quilty. The …
Staff training delivers bottom-line benefits: Todd Carmona
It is crucial that pharmacy invests in staff training because it has demonstrable benefits for the bottom line, says Guild expert Todd Carmona. Carmona, the HR and quality co-ordinator at …
NSW pharmacies support S100 Co-Payment Removal
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia (NSW Branch) says it is pleased to support the NSW Government’s commitment to paying the patient co-payments for Section 100 (s100) Highly Specialised Drugs. This …