Don’t allow CWH monopoly: Guild
Chemist Warehouse and media supporters have been knocking heads with the Pharmacy Guild over the potential for free scripts from the discount giant Earlier this week, News Corp national health …
Chronic pain trial ‘strategically important’
The Guild is encouraging pharmacists to increase patient recruitment numbers for the Chronic Pain MedsCheck Trial In this week’s edition of Forefront, the Guild reminded participating pharmacists that patient recruitment …
More GPs to integrate a pharmacist
How will the workdays of four new non-dispensing pharmacists look? South Eastern NSW PHN has announced Commonwealth funding to support four general practices in the region to integrate a non-dispensing …
World news wrapup: 5 September 2019
Pharmacist struck off for good after murdering his wife; pharmacist claims discrimination over substance abuse disorder; heart checks to roll out across England Middlesborough, England: A pharmacist who was sentenced …
Follow Victoria’s lead, states urged
The life-saving role of clinical tools in reducing risk for vulnerable Australians was acknowledged last week, with Victoria’s SafeScript real-time prescription monitoring winning a national award for innovation and excellence …
Paracetamol: ‘balance versus risk’
It’s too early to decide whether restrictions on access to paracetamol are appropriate, says one leading pharmacist, following reports of increased hospitalisations related to the drug New research published in …
No, pharmacies didn’t offer old over-65s stock: Guild
A Pharmacy Guild spokesperson has told AMA president Dr Tony Bartone to “stop digging” over his old flu vaccine remarks The spokesperson rejected fresh claims that pharmacists were administering the …
Twitter roundup
What happened in the world of pharmacy on Twitter this week? As well as business as usual, the role of pharmacists was being discussed… You verify a prescription for 90 …
‘Long may they prosper!’
Amid a storm of negative media about pharmacy, one writer took a different stance, asking Australians to “cherish the local chemist” In the leadup to the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement, …
The week in review
It’s been a week of doctors versus pharmacists, with GPs taking to the media to accuse pharmacy of bullying, profit-seeking and administering old vaccines There was a flurry of attacks …
‘Chemists’ accused of pocketing a third of the PBS spend
The Pharmacy Guild has condemned a News Corp article which stated that remuneration to pharmacies is just for “chemists to stick a label on drugs” A Herald Sun article by …
Bartone doubles down on old flu jab claim
AMA president Dr Tony Bartone says that any over-65s flu vaccine used before mid-April this year was not the “most up-to-date, recommended vaccine” for the 2019 flu season The Pharmaceutical …