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Contact your MP, pharmacists told
Pharmacists are being encouraged to send incorrect 60-day prescriptions to their MPs At a Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) rally outside Parliament House in Canberra on Monday, 4 September, …
‘We don’t condone that activity if it happens’
Pharmacists walk out of the public gallery during Question Time, and opposition deputy told to leave chamber “for defending the pharmacy industry” Following Monday (4 September 2023)’s Community and Pharmacy …
‘A small bit of hope’
“I’ll stay fighting with you,” Opposition health spokesperson Senator Anne Ruston tells pharmacists gathered to protest 60-day dispensing in Canberra Ruston addressed a gathering of more than 2,000 pharmacists from …
The week in review
A week’s a long time in the pharmacy sector right now, as double dispensing begins (not without uncertainty), as do 8CPA talks On Friday, the Pharmacy Guild told us that …
Docs take aim at 60-day disallowance motion
Mark Butler still calling pharmacist objection to double dispensing a “scare campaign,” even as 8CPA talks begin Federal health minister Mark Butler has declared 1 September, 2023 a “great day …
60-day dispensing to hurt mums: CAPS spokesperson
A CAPS volunteer has taken to the airwaves to talk about how double dispensing will “trickle down” to job losses – and his hopes for a disallowance motion Community and …
The week in review
The profession’s focus shifts back to Canberra, with plans for another protest against 60-day dispensing moving ahead, plus the announcement of a review into full scope The planned rally for …
Hospital pharmacy ‘initial teething problems’ addressed, says ACT Labor
The ACT’s consolidation of pharmacy inventory management systems have been attacked as a ‘debacle’ by the Canberra Liberals Health minister Rachel Stephen-Smith’s office has responded to criticism by the Canberra …
‘It is not possible to do more for less’
It’s time for pharmacists to be able to work to their full potential, says the health minister – but one stakeholder asks for the certainty of true investment in the …
The week in review
From Parliamentary chaos in Canberra last week, this week the debate over 60-day dispensing moved to Sydney as pharmacists took to the streets Pharmacists marched on Sydney‘s town hall, where …
‘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 …
Comments roundup
Chat in AJP comments has perhaps predictably, been all about 60-day dispensing, as the date for its implementation draws near Health minister Mark Butler’s remarks about a rise in applications …