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How will the second tranche affect you?
The second tranche of medicines available under 60-day dispensing is now live – and we want to know how it will affect you It’s no secret that the 60-day dispensing …
TWC wins customer experience award
TerryWhite Chemmart has won the customer experience of the year award for medium-to-large and small retailers at the 2024 Inside Retail Retailer Awards The award is in recognition of the brand’s …
The social scene
The latest updates on the pharmacy calendar, including a look ahead at PSA24 PSA24: Themes for the conference Charting New Frontiers in Pharmacy Knowledge The PSA24 program has been designed …
Three million 60-day scripts written by January’s end
Health minister Mark Butler is talking up the second tranche of medicines available under 60-day dispensing, saying pharmacy applications are up “The Albanese Government is making medicines cheaper by doubling …
Tribunal notes ‘demonstrated willingness to seek help’
A pharmacist spotted forged scripts for alprazolam and lorazepam, written by a registered nurse A Victorian nurse has been reprimanded and his registration suspended after he stole blank scripts from …
Pharmacists back NSW RSV decision
NSW residents are being encouraged to visit their pharmacist to get an RSV vaccine The NSW government has become the first Australian state to allow pharmacists to initiate and administer …
SA health access expands
Two Chemist Warehouses have opened their doors 24-7 in Adelaide Following the 24-7 opening of the National Pharmacies store in Norwood in February, the Chemist Warehouse Salisbury Plain at Saints …
Choosing your brand
Changing or choosing a brand for your pharmacy is no doubt a massive decision, and certainly nothing to be undertaken lightly, says John Thornett Changing your brand is a big …
‘Surprisingly good start’ to vax payment program
With close to half of Australia’s 5,949 Section 90 approved community pharmacies signed up, administrators believe the National Immunisation Program Vaccination in Pharmacy (NIPVIP) is off to a good start, …
The week in review
Questions abound this week, as we wonder about the whereabouts of the 8CPA, we keep an eye on the Dunkley by-election…and what’s going on with compounding? Negotiations for the Eighth …
‘Like every service they must be used safely’
The TGA is looking at cracking down on the compounding of injectable weight loss medicines, following the concerns it expressed last year The Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced that it …
Pharmacists poised to relieve GP shortage-related backlog
Doctors are complaining that they’ve been left in the dark about the north Queensland scope of practice pilot – but pharmacists are ready to get started The Australian Medical Association’s …