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The week in review
A lot has gone on in the pharmacy sector this week, including vaccine, regulatory and pilot program news… The Pharmacy Guild‘s Queensland branch briefed community pharmacists and pharmacy staff on …
‘It’s time that public hospitals catch up.’
Royal Perth Hospital has achieved a national milestone, as the first public hospital to offer electronic scripts that can be dispensed at community pharmacies The service is a joint project …
NMP review is back
Process restarts with call for more feedback The National Medicines Policy review process has been recommenced with a call for more feedback over the revised draft. According to the health …
The week in review
It was doctors versus pharmacists again this week, plus some big pharmacy news overseas Pharmacists and doctors were at loggerheads again this week, this time over access to antivirals for …
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 …