RACGP
Guild ‘only thinking of business profits’, say docs
The RACGP has “called out” the Guild over script lengths, and again attacked pharmacists over the timing of flu vaccinations Last week, the Government decided it would not go ahead …
Pharmacy jabs on the nose with RACGP
RACGP national president Dr Harry Nespolon has again made a jibe about perfume and pharmacy, after the Guild encouraged Australians to be vaccinated against the flu On Thursday, the Pharmacy …
To prescribe, or not to prescribe….
Questions are increasingly being asked about the likelihood of pharmacists having limited powers to prescribe, and Guild leaders endorse the possibility The issue of pharmacist’s being able to prescribe medicines …
AMA submission focus on general practice
Doctors’ group calls for support for longer GP consultations, a strong PBS, and lifting of caps on subsidies that can support employment of pharmacists in general practice With the 2019-20 …
The week in review
Relations have been tense between GPs and pharmacists this week, and there was a big win for the PSA In major news this week, Health Minister Greg Hunt spoke at …
‘Playground nonsense’?
RACGP hits back at NSW Guild column President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Harry Nespolon has responded to a column written by Pharmacy Guild NSW president …
‘This is purely about money making from a pharmacist perspective’
The new RACGP Chair has criticised expanded pharmacy vaccinations in NSW, but the Guild NSW president says pulling the ‘money making’ card is hypocrisy New Chair of the Royal Australian …
Greens leader ‘misinformed’ on pharmacy
A prominent pharmacist has written to her local Greens MP criticising the attack on the Pharmacy Guild by its leader and calling for discussion Adele Tahan, proprietor of the Adore …
‘Taking shortcuts with your health is simply not worth it.’
The AMA Queensland says that pharmacists should not have a wider scope of practice due to conflict of interest and lack of training In its submission to the Queensland Parliamentary …
Expanded scope would waste health resources: RACGP
The RACGP doesn’t support a Pharmacy Council in Queensland and says the ownership rules are “out-dated” In its submission to Queensland’s Parliamentary Inquiry into the pharmacy sector, the doctor group …
The week in review
The tension between GPs and pharmacists has again been in the news, with pharmacist prescribing singled out The RACGP’s Dr Evan Ackermann caused a stir with this piece in Medical …
‘He has no intention of ever working with his health professional colleagues in pharmacy.’
Comments about pharmacist prescribing from a prominent critic were “abhorrent,” says the Guild’s acting national president Writing in Medical Observer, Dr Evan Ackermann, a Queensland GP and chair of the …