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COVID jab pay boosted
The Australian Government has moved to reverse funding cuts for pharmacists and GPs delivering booster shots This is a welcome development which should help manage the current surge in COVID-19 …
GP calls for higher pharmacist booster pay
Pharmacists are underpaid for providing COVID-19 booster vaccines… says a leading GP Dr Omar Khorshid, national president of the Australian Medical Association, has highlighted the fact that both GPs and …
Boosters mean ‘huge, risky workloads,’ says pharmacist
Amid debate about remuneration, one pharmacist has questioned the way employee pharmacists are paid for giving the COVID booster shot In response to repeated calls by industry bodies and other …
Call for equal vax remuneration
“The current remuneration model for COVID-19 vaccinations simply isn’t sustainable”: pharmacy leader Pharmacists are receiving $16 per booster vaccine administered, while other providers such as general practitioners can receive up …
Poll: Is your pharmacy providing booster shots?
The pharmacy COVID-19 booster shot program began last week… but some pharmacies are declining to participate. Tell us what you think in our poll In recent weeks, a number of …
‘Minister Hunt doesn’t think we’re worth more than $16 a shot.’
COVID boosters will become a regular occasion, says a leading pharmacist – but here’s why some might not be participating Australia hit the milestone of 80% double-vaccinated over the weekend, …
Booster pay approach ‘short-sighted,’ says Guild
Pharmacies may opt out of the COVID-19 booster shot program if remuneration remains inadequate, warns Guild leader Two days after the launch of the COVID-19 pharmacy booster shot program, the …
A ‘user pays’ remuneration model for cognitive services?
Do pharmacists’ own values act as barriers to charging patients for cognitive pharmacy services? PhD candidate at the School of Pharmacy, Queensland University of Technology Bernice Prior believed community pharmacists …
The long and winding road
How can pharmacy find its ‘Picasso moment’ and break through its constraints to find a pathway that benefits patients, pharmacists and pharmacies? In the 1960s and the 1970s, The Beatles …
Is the revolution coming?
A pandemic can bring the upheaval that tips a crisis into a revolution. Bruce Annabel and Mal Scrymgeour discuss whether this is the future for community pharmacy Quite without any …
Speaking up for pharmacists
Proper remuneration and representation is essential for pharmacists to work at their full scope of practice, says Emma McBride Speaking to AJP at APP2021, Emma McBride, pharmacist and MP said …
The state of pay
A new report has laid bare the anger and frustration that many pharmacists are feeling about their pay and conditions. How can the profession respond? In March 2021, the union …