Pharmacist full scope an insult, says AMA
The Australian Medical Association says pharmacist prescribing would be a ‘fundamental conflict of interest’ The AMA has published its response to the Board’s discussion paper Pharmacist Prescribing, which proposed that …
Hunt concerned as measles on the rise
With another new case of measles identified in NSW and Queensland, Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced an awareness campaign about the disease and its vaccine The campaign follows the …
Guild under fire over One Nation donations
A state Guild Councillor says it’s “unfair and spurious” to link the Pharmacy Guild’s 2018 engagement with One Nation to recent revelations about the right-wing party Last week, news broke …
A bigger role
The SHPA has supported FIP’s report on the capability and capacity of pharmacists in the prevention, early detection and management of non-communicable diseases The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP’s) report, Beating …
The week in review
This week we saw an early Budget handed down, with some goodies for pharmacy included The April 2 Federal Budget included boosts to the AHI fee, CSO payments, DAAs and …
Can I dispense this?
The Pharmacy Council of NSW has identified a “knowledge gap” for many pharmacists around authority requirements for certain scripts In a piece adapted from an article written by the Medical …
One Nation donation was for events: Guild
The Pharmacy Guild has come under scrutiny over $15,000 in donations to One Nation But the two payments were for attendance at Party events, the Guild has confirmed. The Australian’s …
Give us the NIP: Queensland Guild
Queensland pharmacists are now able to vaccinate 16-year-olds, amid an early start to this year’s flu season Trent Twomey, Queensland branch president of the Pharmacy Guild, welcomed the Queensland Government’s …
World news wrapup: 4 April 2019
Former pharmacy owner murders drug inspector; inquest hears of dispensing error; former pharmacist tipped to be head of suspected stolen drug operation Kharar, India: Around 10 years after he lost …
Guild ‘only thinking of business profits’, say docs
The RACGP has “called out” the Guild over script lengths, and again attacked pharmacists over the timing of flu vaccinations Last week, the Government decided it would not go ahead …
What you said: increased script length
Here’s what you had to say about the rejected proposal measure to allow two-month dispenses for around 140 medicines The Guild’s objection to the measure– which was widely reported as …
‘No excuse’ for lack of real time monitoring
The ACT’s real time monitoring system has been hailed as a time-saver, as Victoria rolls its own system out statewide… and other jurisdictions are urged to follow The Territory’s new …