rural and regional health
How VAD telehealth loophole harms patients with ‘substantial delays’: SHPA
Hospital pharmacists have underlined their support for better access to VAD services, as the Territories grow closer to offering the service Earlier this month independent MP Kate Chaney introduced a …
Gaps and inequities
One specialist cancer pharmacist has spoken out about the “postcode lottery” of limitations to PBS funding depending on a patient’s treatment location The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia’s head …
From no pharmacist to ‘same level of care’
A virtual pharmacy service was able to offer rural and remote hospital patients the level of pharmacist care enjoyed by people in major cities, rural pharmacists say The data, by …
60-day dispensing could hurt rural, regional Aussies: Boyce
Opposition member warned Parliament of pharmacy closures outside metro areas… but the Health Minister dismissed his comments Hours before Treasurer Jim Chalmers presented the 2023-4 Budget last night (9 May …
‘Some love it so much they don’t want to come back’
Matt Bianco has always been based in Melbourne – but when an opportunity came up to experience life in regional Victoria, he put his hand up “People out here are …
McBride slams rural GP access barriers
Medicare is in “the worst shape it’s been in” since Emma McBride registered as a pharmacist, the Assistant Minister says Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and the …
‘It’s going to be a long recovery for our little community.’
Changes to the Safety Net 20-day rule and emergency supply could help when patients are cut off from towns by flood waters, says one pharmacist helping people who may be …
Senator to GPs: ‘What is the opposition’ to working with pharmacies?
A GP has claimed that proposals around pharmacists working to full scope cause more “silos” than they break down, while another divides pharmacy into two camps The AMA Council of …
‘There needs to be some sort of assistance.’
A representative of the Country Women’s Association has called for funding for locums to retain access to pharmacy services The CWA and pharmacy stakeholders told a virtual hearing of the …
Pharmacist to be ‘outstanding deputy’
Australia’s first Indigenous pharmacist, Associate Professor Dr Faye McMillan, started in her new role this week Dr McMillan is one of two new Deputy National Rural Health Commissioners who are …
Pharmacists encouraged to be at frontline
Pharmacists and other stakeholders have welcomed the TGA’s provisional approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed the Therapeutic Goods Administration approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech …
Better access for CTG patients
Hospital doctors will now be able to write Close The Gap scripts – but hospital pharmacies are still left out of the scheme An announcement by the Commonwealth Department of …