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Social media storm over paracetamol review
Chronic pain advocate says proposed upscheduling changes ‘not supported by…community’ in response to Tassone post A social media post by Victorian Pharmacy Guild president Anthony Tassone voicing concerns about proposed …
Clear the vaccination pathway
As the likelihood of a successful COVID-19 vaccine next year rises, there is increasing discussion about pharmacy’s role in their delivery. Anthony Tassone says we need to plan now Optimism …
7CPA: The wish list
With 7CPA negotiations due to kick-off later this year, AJP speaks to senior pharmacy leaders to get their agreement ‘wish lists’ AJP took the opportunity to speak to some senior …
Caught in the ratings cycle
Is there a risk in health professions being caught up in reality TV-like public turf wars? And can collaboration happen on everyone’s terms, asks Anthony Tassone Recently I spent some …
The aged care dilemma
A national residential medication chart is urgently required if we are to begin to fix one pharmacy-relevant aspect of the aged care crisis, says Anthony Tassone The recent revelations …
What’s in it for me?
Self-interest driving ownership change agenda, senior Guild leader says The calls for changes to the regulations around the ownership of community pharmacies are being by financial self-interest, not patient care, …
Hippocrates or hypocrisy?
The renewed call by doctors’ groups to open up pharmacy ownership to non-pharmacists beggars belief given the medical profession’s own experiences with corporatisation, says Anthony Tassone For reasons we can …
Getting into practice
Does the AMA’s support for pharmacists working in general practice represent a policy shift for the doctor’s organisation, or is something else at play? asks Anthony Tassone A recent article …
It’s time to ‘get real’
A national real-time prescription monitoring system must happen as a priority, says Anthony Tassone The need for a real time prescription monitoring system to prevent avoidable overdose deaths from pharmaceutical …
Professional disagreement
New pharmacy pain program a “slap in the face” for GPs: AMA The AMA has reacted angrily to the announcement of the $20 million pharmacy Pain MedsCheck trial, claiming it …
Taken on notice
There are questions about some of the evidence presented to the Senate committee hearing into the effects of red tape on pharmacy rules, says Anthony Tassone Evidence presented by Michael Rhodes …
Codeine – let’s hear all the facts
Misinformation is muddying the waters around the Guild’s proposals for continued pharmacist provision of codeine-containing medicines, says Anthony Tassone Concern over the impact on patients of the upcoming rescheduling of …