Guild hits back at location rules ‘beat-up’
The Pharmacy Guild has slammed reports on Chemist Warehouse data which found rural and regional Australians are driving long distances for cheaper medicines News Limited media reported this week on …
VAD: the pharmacy role in practice
As Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying laws are set to come into effect, the AMA’s WA branch is warning that VAD could facilitate murder From Wednesday 19 June 2019, Victorians with …
Poll: Are you happy with this pay rise?
Tell us what you think of the FWC’s decision on a pay rise for employee pharmacists Last week, the Fair Work Commission handed down its decision on the Pharmacy Industry …
The week in review
This week started with honours for seven industry leaders, and ended with the announcement of a pay rise for employee pharmacists Health Minister Greg Hunt announced an Australian Preventive Health …
Injecting room moves patients towards treatment
Melbourne’s medically supervised injecting centre has handled more than 1,130 overdoses since it opened, with many clients referred to drug and alcohol treatment Brunswick pharmacist and harm minimisation proponent Angelo …
End the exclusion
The PSA has called on the Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Taskforce to include pharmacist services on the MBS In its submissions to the taskforce reference groups, the PSA focused on …
Our five biggest risk factors
The overall health of the Australian population improved substantially between 2003 and 2015, a new report shows But further gains could be achieved by reducing lifestyle-related risk factors, according to …
Pay up 21%
PPA has urged the Pharmacy Guild to pass newly-decided pay rises of up to 15% on to their employees in full Professional Pharmacists Australia says that the decision by the …
CWH takes action to help men
Chemist Warehouse has partnered with media personality Gus Worland to take action on men’s health The two are supporting the launch of the 2019 Gotcha4Life campaign, which raises awareness and …
Pharmacist numbers continue to grow
There are 220 more registered pharmacists in Australia than at the end of 2018, bringing the total to 31,785 New quarterly registration data from the Pharmacy Board shows that the …
Hunt wants ‘fearless ideas’ on prevention
Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced that the Federal Government will establish an Australian Preventive Health Strategy Mr Hunt made the announcement at the start of the Public Health Association …
Invest in pharmacy so patients don’t go without: SHPA
Pharmacists are concerned about the findings of a new report which shows low rates of prescribing and dispensing of key medicines after cardiovascular events The report, Delivering better cardiac outcomes …