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Doctors seek GP pharmacist vaccination approval
Medical groups are seeking to boost access to vaccination services by having GP pharmacists authorised to provide the same vaccines as their community and hospital-based peers Doctors are urging Queensland’s …
Docs aim at ‘go-it-alone’ pharmacy prescribing
Docs launch an ad campaign attacking pharmacist prescribing, while one media outlet calls for a ceasefire between the sectors The Australian Medical Association has announced a media campaign, aimed at …
Docs argue for paracetamol upschedule
The AMA has spoken out on the TGA’s recommendations on restricting paracetamol, saying pharmacists can help patients navigate pain management The Australian Medical Association’s submission on paracetamol scheduling supports limiting …
Doctor group ‘spreading lies,’ says Guild
“Disgraceful”: The AMA has sledged the Qld Premier and Health Minister for allegedly failing to consult with communities about the pharmacy scope of practice pilot AMA President Dr Omar Khorshid …
Pharmacy trials again under fire
“An absurd and dangerous watering down of patient and primary care”: AMA returns the heat on prescribing and UTI trials, but Guild says it’s all lies Another war of words …
‘A step in the right direction.’
Pharmacy groups welcome expansion of WA’s vaccination program, but doctor’s groups conversely warn the move “is a step in the wrong direction” PSA’s WA Branch has welcomed the expansion of …
RACGP, AMA ‘completely unhinged’: Twomey
Guild president takes aim at GPs after an article referring to pharmacy scope of practice “compared pharmacists to dogs” Pharmacy Guild National President Trent Twomey has blasted GP groups for …
‘Pharmacists playing doctors’: National council speaks out
GP groups have banded together to call for the pharmacist “full scope” pilot to be “ceased immediately” A recently leaked confidential draft report revealed a proposed pilot would see pharmacists …
‘Unfair disparity’ in vax pay remains
Covid jab pay boost welcome but disparity between community pharmacies and other providers still needs to be addressed, says pharmacy group From today (23 December), pharmacists will receive an additional …
‘Free-market fanatics’ in pharmacy attack: MP
“They won’t rest until ‘Cold’ and ‘Worthless’ own everything,” says MP Bob Katter, while a former ACCC head takes to the airwaves to claim doctors know as much about medicines …
Who benefits from health care?
Anthony Tassone refutes article that labels the Guild and AMA as Australia’s “biggest, ugliest and most militant unions” A recent article in The Spectator by Stephen Spartacus asked, “Who benefits …
Here’s what you said
Pharmacist pay, clinical interventions and the COVID vaccine saga are issues engaging our readers. Here’s what people have been saying on these topics Here’s a selection of some recent comments …