Professor Trent Twomey
Nationally consistent free flu jab campaign required: Guild
Premiers and chief ministers are being urged to take steps to boost the uptake of influenza vaccinations amid surging case numbers Inconsistent approaches to funding flu vaccinations from state and …
Guild draws 60-day dispensing battlelines
Residents living in marginal federal seats are set to be bombarded with advertising highlighting the risks double dispensing poses to the viability of community pharmacies The Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
‘Pragmatic’ Guild leader takes COSBOA board seat
Pharmacy Guild of Australia WA branch president, Andrew Ngeow, will take the organisation’s seat on the board of the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) Ngeow’s appointment came after …
Minister says ‘no’ to 90-day dispensing – for now
Taxpayers could secure greater savings through 90-day dispensing, Health Minister says Plans to introduce 60-day dispensing will still leave Australia lagging behind other countries, Mark Butler, the Minister for Health …
Patients wary of double dispensing: Guild
Warnings that 60-day dispensing could exacerbate medicines shortages and increase the risk of overdose are causing concerns for some patients Convenience is being heralded as a benefit of the proposed …
GP grants no cure all: Guild
New grants to “boost general practice infrastructure in Australia” will do little to rectify the current challenges in primary care, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia warns Under the $220 million …
PBS co-payment cut an opportunity for Chalmers
Treasurer has opportunity to ease cost-of-living pressures in Budget by slashing patients’ medication spending Jim Chalmers, the federal Treasurer can make medicines more affordable, without adding to inflationary pressures by …
Guild ‘needs you’
Pharmacy owners are being urged to lobby their local politicians to back the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s Affordable Medicines Now campaign Professor Trent Twomey, the Guild’s National President, wants community …
Pharmacy lauds departing DoH Secretary
Pharmacy bodies pay tribute to retiring Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care Australia’s former Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Professor Brendan Murphy, is set to retire as Secretary of …
Guild seeks further PBS co-pay cut
Politicians are being told to “put their money where their mouth is” and slash the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme general co-payment by $11 Claims that healthcare is a priority for Australia’s …
Guild pleads for 7CPA funding boost
Pharmacy Guild of Australia leaders are in Canberra for the final parliamentary sitting week ahead of the federal Budget amid a Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement funding crisis With a funding …
Interns to join prescribing trial
Pharmacy interns working in participating pharmacies within the North Queensland Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot (NQPSPP), could be diagnosing patients by March 2024 Pharmacy graduates undergoing their intern training through …