An 8CPA wish list, from consultants
A model the Government is forgetting, focusing on the needs of the vulnerable, and casting a wider net outside pharmacy… what effects will the 8CPA have outside community pharmacy? With …
Let us work to scope: hospital pharmacists
Hospital pharmacists can help provide cost-effective health care by working to their full scope, they say in their pre-Budget submission The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has outlined its …
World news wrapup: 1 February 2024
UK PM announces Pharmacy First scheme, Alberta expands pharmacy care clinics; dispenser sentenced after temazepam theft; ChatGPT reveals pharmacy app talk England: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced the …
Include NIPVIP jabs in increase: Sim
Payments for providing some vaccination services are about to rise – but consistency across more jabs is needed The Pharmacy Programs Administrator has confirmed that the new fee for COVID-19 …
‘Every time there is a disaster…’
With yet another natural disaster unfolding in Australia, pharmacists query why continued dispensing arrangements expire after the immediate crisis is over From Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast, the latest flood …
Silos, restrictions and inconsistency named as scope barriers
The first issue paper from the Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce Scope of Practice Review has highlighted existing barriers preventing pharmacists practising to their full and top of …
Efforts ‘shift the dial’ on the pain meds shortage
Steps are being made towards access to morphine oral solution – and an announcement may be on its way in the near future Mundpharma has written to advise of an …
Some Australians ‘missing out’ on pharmacist prescribing trial access
One industry group is urging the government to fund a common ailment scheme in community pharmacy In its pre-Budget 2023-34 submission, Consumer Healthcare Products Australia has recommended a common ailment …
Pharmacist suspended after he ‘inherited an inadequate system’
A pharmacist had no experience with residential aged care facilities, and received no training in supplying them, when he suddenly had to manage a 450-patient-per-week DAA contract – with insufficient …
Docs call for top-up to GP pharmacist funding
The RACGP is calling on the federal government to offer more support for pharmacists in GP surgeries “It’s vital that practices are supported to grow and employ more nurses, nurse …
Pharmacists cutting back on own medicines
Pharmacists are working more and spending less in order to try and make ends meet, our poll reveals The cost of living crisis continues to hit Australians hard, whether it’s …
White House pharmacy probe reveals severe dysfunction
“Severe and systemic problems” have been identified at the pharmacy operation serving some of the most powerful people in the US: the White House Medical Unit A new report has …