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Pharmacists’ pay, questions over prescribers’ understanding of the requirements for patients to be eligible for 60-day dispensing, and pharmacists rise up ethics ranks  Salaries are on the rise for community …

Disaster payments, RATs, the pharmacy trial and awards were in the headlines this week… RATs & disaster payments This week, we heard that the government changed its mind over its …

A new community pharmacy white paper and code of conduct, plus the expansion of continued dispensing and extension of free flu vaccine programs all happened this week… White paper released …

GP complaints, pharmacy’s response to state budgets, a sad day for the ‘pharmily’ and awards—here’s our roundup of this week’s news GP complaints Pharmacy hit back after GP groups once …

The Federal Budget drew ire from pharmacy groups on a number of fronts, while some pharmacists were recognised with top awards Budget sees “opportunity squandered” With the 2022-23 Budget handed …

PBS compliance, pharmacy COVID-19 vaccination and a multimillion-dollar API takeover bid dominated headlines this week… Governments this week have flagged ramping up pharmacist involvement in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, with …

Award winners, COVID-19 vaccination and legal cases dominated headlines this week… This week we heard that 105 additional pharmacies have been invited to join COVID vaccination program. A total of …

Ownership provisions were under the spotlight this week, plus there were updates on the Active Script List model, real-time monitoring and active ingredient prescribing This week we heard that active …

Happy new year to all our readers! The long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine dominated headlines this week…. Kicking off 2021, we heard the Federal government announce the acceleration of the COVID-19 vaccination …

Parliamentary debates, a new Qld Health Minister, and a Federal Court stoush made the headlines this week… Pharmacist politician Emma McBride waded into the e-cigarettes debate, saying there is no …

Registrations opened for APP, pharmacists encountered aggressive patients, and CWH reported a lift in sales while another network announced it was closing some stores… This week, Chemist Warehouse co-founder Jack …

Business woes, legal drama and downschedule decisions… what happened in pharmacy this week? Early in the week we heard from the Pharmacy Guild that some community pharmacies are doing it …