60-day dispensing
Pharmacy funding cuts will heap pressure on GPs
Double dispensing will pile more pressure onto beleaguered rural GPs and other primary care providers, MP warns Health policies being pursued by the federal government will adversely impact providers and …
Put patients ahead of government savings
Doctors urged to focus on delivering “optimal patient clinical care” over “government savings” Pharmacy advocacy group, the Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) to consider if their patients will benefit …
Could 60-day dispensing herald cut to GPs’ fees?
Prescribers are being asked to consider the potential repercussions the government’s double-dispensing policy could have on their businesses Pharmacy advocacy group, the Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) will pose …
CAPS plans ‘Dear Doctor’ campaign
Pharmacy advocacy group plots anti-60-day dispensing letter writing campaign Prescribers across the country are set to receive letters highlighting the unintended consequences the government’s 60-day dispensing policy will have on …
CAPS claims InstantScripts win
Advocacy group reports Wesfarmers-owned telehealth provider will default to providing 30-day prescriptions Representatives of the Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) are claiming that pressure from pharmacists has resulted in …
No default to 60-day scripts
Prescribing software provides doctors with options to prescribe eligible medications on a 30- or 60-day script, bureaucrats say Concerns that GPs’ prescribing software platforms automatically prompt doctors to issue 60-day …
‘We cannot wait until March’
Pharmacists are set to take to the streets once more with activists planning a second protest in Sydney in response to the government’s 60-day dispensing policy Representatives of the Community …
Benefits outweigh 60-day wastage fears
Department of Health officials play down pharmacists’ concerns that 60-day dispensing will fuel an increase in medicine wastage Medicines wastage as a result of the government’s decision to increase maximum …
AHPRA an option for concerns about 60-day scripts
Pharmacists urged to discuss queries about the safety and suitability of 60-day prescriptions with the prescriber, before contacting AHPRA Pharmacists with concerns about a prescriber’s clinical practice regarding 60-day prescriptions …
No surge in demand for 60-day medications: wholesaler
Demand for medications available on 60-day prescriptions is yet to rise, wholesaler reports Concerns that the government’s double dispensing policy will fuel a surge in demand for impacted medications are …
Reject Labor’s advances
Pharmacists urged to say “no” to Labor MPs’ requests to use images of their pharmacies or staff to promote World Pharmacists Day Representatives of the Community and Pharmacy Support Group …
‘Big-box pharmacy chains’ the 60-day winners
Independent pharmacy job losses set to rise, Coalition Senator says, as Labor accuses the previous government of ‘bending over’ to Guild pressure The federal opposition continued to wage war on …