The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Membership boost would strengthen PPA’s hand
Employee pharmacists are already benefiting from “wins” secured by Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) but an increase in the union’s membership could bolster its negotiating power, President Leon Yap says. Commenting …
Driving the agenda
Amanda Seeto, Guild national councillor, speaks about her passions for increasing the number of women in pharmacy leadership, and for improving medicines safety processes Amanda Seeto, Queensland Pharmacy Guild state …
Leading the way
Helen O’Byrne, president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia (Tas) talks about her plans for pharmacists to play a greater role in vaccinations and other new areas of practice …
Change at the top
Gold Cross announces new General Manager Gold Cross has this week announced the appointment of Shayne Bland as the company’s new general manager. Mr Bland’s appointment comes after the announced …
Moving beyond turf wars
Sniping and insults from GP representatives will not stop advocacy for evidence-based role expansion of pharmacists to deliver more accessible healthcare, writes Anthony Tassone The decision by delegates at the recent …
Pharmacist vaccination: where we are now
Thousands of pharmacists are now accredited to deliver jabs across the country This week the PSA announced it has clocked over 2,350 pharmacists in Australia who have completed its Immunisation …
MedsASSIST hits two million recorded transactions
Monitoring system for medicines containing codeine has reached a significant milestone More than two million transactions involving OTC medicines containing codeine have been recorded by pharmacists participating in the MedsASSIST …
Should pharmacists be allowed to prescribe?
The industry is split down the middle when it comes to pharmacists taking on the role of prescriber Professor Lisa Nissen brought up the topic of pharmacist prescribing at this …
Infamous pharmacy spats on Twitter
Representatives of the Pharmacy Guild and the RACGP have once again exchanged terse words on the social media platform It all began with 140 characters. David Quilty, Executive Director of …
Semi-finalists announced for 2016 National Student Business Plan
Best and brightest from across Australia and New Zealand have made it to next round of Pharmacy Guild’s business plan comp Eight teams of university pharmacy students have been selected as …