GPs
‘Definitive proof they were wrong’
GPs are again lashing out against the Queensland UTI pilot , but its final report vindicates the service, say both Queensland Health and the Pharmacy Guild Upon the release of …
UTI pilot pharmacists stuck to protocols: report
The final Service Evaluation Report of the Urinary Infection Pharmacy Pilot has been released, which the Pharmacy Guild has said “ends months of speculative and detrimental false claims made from …
Aged care context must be ‘front and centre’ say docs
Draft standards for pharmacists in residential aged care are not specific enough and must prevent conflicts of interest, say doctors The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has provided a …
Double dispensing: the sector reacts
Pharmacy stakeholder bodies are advising caution on 60-day dispensing, while doctor groups say it’s just the beginning of change in pharmacy A number of pharmacy groups have issued statements on …
The vending machine dispensary: can it save employee pharmacists?
Pharmacy stakeholders have consistently slammed the idea of vending machines for medicines. But one anonymous pharmacist says the idea has merit The AMA recently released a discussion paper titled “the …
Docs push for further pharmacy change
Doctors may have gotten their way when it comes to 60-day dispensing… what else are they asking for? The Australian Medical Association has released a “checklist for cheaper medicines,” following …
Docs push vending machines, supermarket pharmacies
Doctors are now working an economic and competition angle in their bid to rid the pharmacy sector of the ownership and location rules The Australian Medical Association has produced its …
‘We don’t go to the mechanic to start the car.’
High-profile Nationals couple Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion have spoken out in favour of pharmacist prescribing trials, with Campion saying rural and regional Australians deserve more Former journalist and political …
The week in review
Two opposing forces lobbied for different ways to save patients money this week, while there was lots of medicines news and we looked at burnout in hospitals There was bad …
Docs ‘gobsmacked’ to discover longstanding clause
In its latest salvo against the Pharmacy Guild, a doctor stakeholder group has slammed the remuneration adjustment mechanism in the 7CPA Doctor groups continue to lobby for 60-day dispensing and …
Double dispensing would be ‘own goal’ says CWH director
The furore over 60-day scripts is intensifying, with a Chemist Warehouse leader warning of shortages and citing the panic buying of the early days of the pandemic CWH director Mario …
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 …