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The 57 towns with no GP
Pharmacy Guild highlights rural service gaps and doctor shortages to bolster argument for prescribing rights, more funding and recognition Community pharmacies are struggling with workforce shortages and workforce distribution inequities, …
City folk and country folk
Do rural and urban community pharmacies actually differ in the services and practice models they offer? It’s often stated that practising as a community pharmacist in rural and regional Australia …
Don’t forget the bush
Rural pharmacy, and rural health in general, are being ignored in the current federal election campaign, says Fredrik Hellqvist Community pharmacies are critical frontline healthcare professionals which daily help to …
Taking care of business
AJP speaks to Trent Twomey, president, Pharmacy Guild of Australia (Queensland), on upcoming 7CPA negotiations, rural workforce issues and pharmacy’s efforts in recent natural disasters in the north of the …
Working for the public
AJP speaks with Anthony Tassone, president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia (Victoria) about rural workforce issues, working with other healthcare stakeholders and the 7CPA
Shooting for the hip
AJP speaks with NSW Guild president David Heffernan about rural pharmacy issues, the 7CPA and getting movement on pharmacy services in our biggest state
A mixed bag
Here’s how hospital pharmacy, industry and other medical groups reacted to the 2019/20 Federal Budget The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has welcomed focus on embedded pharmacy positions in …
Saving pharmacy in the bush
The challenges and difficulties of running a rural, regional or remote pharmacy are well documented, says Anthony Tassone, but have any government remedies worked? Successive governments have tried to establish …
New rural pharmacy group
Pharmacists have launched the Rural Pharmacy Network Australia to address critical issues affecting rural pharmacy Pharmacists working in rural areas have formed to connect with one another and provide a forum for …
Mouthing off
Rural pharmacists can, and should, play a greater role in oral health care than they currently do, study finds Rural pharmacies are often a patient’s first port of call when …
Is bush pharmacy better?
What are the differences between rural and urban pharmacy practice? Australian researchers have reviewed the evidence There is little evidence of real difference in pharmacy practice between rural and urban …
How new codeine laws will affect our rural communities
Rural and regional pharmacists need to act now to smoothe the codeine upschedule transition, writes Steven Kastrinakis From 1 February 2018, medicines containing codeine will no longer be available from …