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Gaps remain in the provision of healthcare to First Nations Australians, the Productivity Commission finds The Productivity Commission’s (PC’s) latest ‘Closing the Gap’ update says more culturally-safe and convenient holistic …

Treasurer names former PSA executive among a trio of new Productivity Commissioners  Pharmacist, Dr Alison Roberts, will join the Productivity Commission in September as one of its full-time commissioners.   …

Pharmacy’s location and ownership rules designed to boost accessibility may be falling short of their original purpose, the Productivity Commission believes Australian governments are being urged to review the current …

State and territory governments are being urged to following NSW and Queensland in conducting pharmacist prescribing trials  Pharmacists’ and nurse practitioners’ skills are being underutilised, while GPs are performing tasks …

Rules help “establish local monopolies” and have left population-to-pharmacy ratios 50% worse than when introduced, says Productivity Commission Location and ownership rules have been slammed as uncompetitive and leading to …

Productivity Commission report says chemicals for medicine manufacturing a risk area The import of chemicals used to manufacture medicines was one of few areas of vulnerability in Australia’s supply chain, …

Pharmacy organisations have responded to a Productivity Commission report that reveals there were nearly 3 million avoidable emergency presentations in 2017-18 Nationally there were around 2.9 million “avoidable” presentations to …

Why do those conducting industry reviews feel that pharmacists are so easily pushed aside? wonders Carlene McMaugh Pharmacy is currently the subject of a number of government and industry reviews: …

A Productivity Commission report, tabled in Parliament this week, has recommended community pharmacists be replaced by automated dispensing and a sub-class of “supervisors” The Shifting the Dial report, sent to …

The Productivity Commission’s new report on primary and community health has identified avoidable pressure on hospital emergency departments, which highlight scope for Australia’s community pharmacies to help, says the Pharmacy …