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The week in review
Well, what a week it’s been. Sixty-day dispensing was again the topic of the day, with events moving swiftly every day and strange scenes at Parliament House The week began …
‘Shame on you, Labor!’
One Senator has labelled the Health Minister’s behaviour intransigent over 60-day dispensing, saying the policy “boggles the brain” Western Australian Senator Linda Reynolds has spoken out against the Albanese Government’s …
Rockliff to hand over health reins
Pharmacists have thanked Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff for his work in the health sector, as he announces he is stepping down from the portfolio This week (20 July 2023) Rockliff …
Should public hospitals be able to provide CTG medicines?
Stakeholders are addressing the exclusion of public hospital pharmacy from providing PBS medicines, under the Close the Gap scheme The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia is continuing its advocacy …
Labor ‘committed’ to supporting rural pharmacy: Butler
The Health Minister says Labor will support rural pharmacies through the 60-day dispensing change… especially given they “aren’t selling as much perfume” as metro stores Mark Butler has told journalists …
Medicines experts ‘sidelined, bypassed, ignored and treated as an afterthought’ on ODT
As the date for the implementation of the changes to opioid dependence therapy draws near, fact sheets continue to be updated, and pharmacists tell of their fears for their patients …
Methadone disaster looming
With only days to go before changes to opioid management therapy come into place, Andrew Topp has some questions for the Government about how patient health is being put at …
The week in review
The biggest story this week continues to be 60-day dispensing, which was debated in Parliament and which has inched a step closer Double dispensing came one step closer to reality …
60-day dispensing policy registered, first tranche announced
Double dispensing has now been registered as a policy, and the first tranche of medicines announced The Albanese Labor Government has released a list of the 92 drugs which will …
Pharmacists in tears, in ‘incredible distress’ – Senators tell of consultations
Greens Senator suggests bringing forward 8CPA negotiations to manage fallout from 60-day dispensing, saying the Party wants to avoid “unintended consequences” The controversial 60-day dispensing policy has now been registered …
‘Will my pharmacy lose money?’
Australian pharmacies have “many other sources of income” to make up for 60-day dispensing losses, says a new website on double dispensing, aimed at the general public The Consumers Health …
‘They’re not listening, they think we’re lying’
Thirty-day dispensing for more than 300 medicines is “absurd,” says the PM, as his pharmacist says she can’t understand Labor’s refusal to listen to the community pharmacy sector Former Nationals …