professional services
Considerations to maximise 6CPA programs
Now that more funding for 6CPA programs is available, it’s time to leverage it, writes Stephenie Shea MedsChecks and Diabetes Medschecks are an important service offered by pharmacies. They aim …
Docs want to ‘break the retail-medicine link’
The RACGP has slammed pharmacy professional services and complained that doctors saw no cash back from the risk share solution The group is urging the King Review panel to break …
Get a consulting room, says Qld Guild
The Queensland branch of the Pharmacy Guild is urging members to implement private consulting rooms As the landscape of community pharmacy continues to change, pharmacies are becoming increasingly compelled to …
Pharmacist services not comparable to gas, electricity
Clinical services should be viewed though a health lens – not an economic lens, pharmacy leader tells King Review panel In response to the King Review’s Interim Report released last …
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 …
Picton thanks its pharmacy with award
The Picton community gave its pharmacy’s new customer focus the thumbs up with its Business of the Year Award When the Picton Discount Drug Store took out the Wollondilly Business …
The week in review
Pharmacy has been under fire from several directions this week, as the dust settles following the release of the King review interim paper Pharmacy was condemned in mainstream media this …
Pain: don’t focus on the product
New figures suggest a third of Australians suffer from chronic pain, and many don’t have an effective plan to manage it With the February 2018 upscheduling of codeine looming, many …
DDS announces FRED NXT partnership, new initiatives
Discount Drug Stores announces new initiatives and total sales growth in a flat market The brand’s new initiatives include a new pain management program, the launch of a health food …
How to access Budget funding
The Queensland Guild is supporting its members to access funding set aside in the Budget for pharmacy programs The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland Branch has implemented a dedicated Pharmacy …
Scope of practice limit, shortage threat to Irish pharmacy
Irish consumers want more pharmacy services – but the country is facing a shortage of community pharmacists A survey launched at the Irish Pharmacy Union National Pharmacy Conference has found …
Three pharmacy services could save billions
Just three pharmacy professional services could save Canada up to CAD$25.7 billion, a new report has found The new report, released by the Conference Board of Canada, found that if …