tasmania
Pharmacies to support at home palliative care
Community pharmacies will provide access to palliative care medications as part of a new program to support at-home end-of-life care Terminally ill Tasmanians will be able to receive palliative care …
“A bit of a kick in the teeth”
Changes are proposed to the structure of the Pharmacy Guild’s national council, and members from one state are unhappy with what may result Concerns have been raised over an impending …
Tasmania aligns pharmacists’ scope for NIP rollout
Tasmania updates state vaccination program to enable pharmacists to administer full suite of NIP shots from 1 January 2024 Pharmacist immunisers in Tasmania will be able to initiate and administer …
RACGP wants to play part in Tassie UTI trial
GP body seeks seat on Tasmania’s pharmacist prescribing trial’s working group Having previously walked away from steering groups for pilot programs looking at expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice, the …
Prescribing trial to boost healthcare access
Doctors to diagnose and delegate prescribing to pharmacists as part of pilot program Pharmacists are set to be authorised to prescribe medications for aged care residents and patients in rural …
State government to top up ORT payments
Community pharmacies in one jurisdiction are set to receive additional payments to deliver Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) funded opioid replacement therapy The Tasmanian government will provide top up payments …
Hospital pharmacists owed thousands; union
Threats of escalation as years-long Royal Hobart Hospital dispute remains unresolved, says HACSU The Tasmanian government is facing union accusations of failing to settle a long-identified significant underpayment of hospital …
Extending continued dispensing ‘the right thing to do’
Enabling community pharmacists to provide patients with full supplies of their regular medications without a prescription is “the right thing to do”, Jeremy Rockliff, Tasmania’s Premier believes Under expanded continued …
‘Diabolical’ workforce shortages impacting health: report
Community pharmacist numbers are ‘not sufficient to cover the workload’ in rural Tasmania and practice limits beyond dispensing should be removed, argue pharmacy groups Workforce shortages and full utilisation of …
‘Frustrated and unhappy’: Criticism over RAT program changes
Concerns raised over changes to the concessional RATs program as Guild receives angry calls from members of the public The Pharmacy Guild Tasmania branch has already received numerous calls from …
Shedding light on the vaping situation
Answers finally from the Department of Health after questions over Tasmanian vaping dispensing uptake It’s taken an election, a change of government, and the departure of the Senator who asked …
Winter booster in high demand
Pharmacy phones are “running hot” for the fourth dose after eligible age lowered, says this leader Tasmania’s eligible population is gearing up to access the fourth COVID-19 vaccination dose. Within …