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The week in review
A many-sided stoush about vaping and pharmacy kickbacks, COVID news and the PSA conference all made news this week This week saw controversy over vaping rear its head, with News …
ACT Govt slammed over ‘needless restrictions’ on vaccination
The ACT Government’s 2022-23 Budget offers little support for Canberra’s pharmacists and ignores pleas for more support to deliver vaccinations, says a leading pharmacist PSA ACT Branch President Olivia Collenette …
CWH, PSA denounce Philip Morris ‘bribing the pharmacist’ scheme
Philip Morris offered to let Chemist Warehouse exclusively sell its vaping range, claims the discounter’s founder, as PharmaPrograms postpones the launch of its controversial program Pharmacy stakeholders have weighed in …
‘An exciting opportunity.’
New pharmacy services guidelines launched for key group, with all pharmacists encouraged to update their knowledge The PSA has launched new guidelines for pharmacy support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait …
Health system ‘failing’ Aussies with disability: report
New report finds multiple barriers to safe medicines use in people living with disability, and strong need for improved access to pharmacists and pharmacies The PSA has launched a new …
And the winners are…
The winner of this year’s Pharmacist of the Year Award aims to fight for the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to be heard in the practice of …
‘He’s not an expert in diagnosis, he’s not an expert in management.’
A call to allow pharmacists to prescribe antivirals for COVID has been labelled “really sad” by a leading doctor The Pharmacy Guild and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners …
‘Book your booster,’ says Albo
The PM chooses a Sydney pharmacy for his COVID booster dose, while one stakeholder calls for remuneration for pharmacists’ critical role in vaccination Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was vaccinated against …
‘The result will be a lot of people not testing at all.’
Stakeholders from Chemist Warehouse all the way through to the RACGP are begging the Federal Government not to end the concessional RAT program this month as planned A Chemist Warehouse …
Docs slam pharmacy as ‘cramped retail setting’
Leading doctors have criticised the permanent UTI pilot extension as a “recipe for disaster,” while pharmacists reject claims made by the AMA on their behalf Last week, Queensland’s Minister for …
UTI extension ‘playing with fire:’ RACGP
Patients don’t want to report bad outcomes from the UTI trial to pharmacists, claim doctors in the latest attack on the pilot, while a leading pharmacist calls for an end …
Antiviral PBS criteria too restrictive: Butler
“We’re not getting them out the door,” the Health Minister says of antivirals, as a new wave of Omicron looms and one pharmacy leader calls for improved access Australia has …