GPs
‘He’s not an expert in diagnosis, he’s not an expert in management.’
A call to allow pharmacists to prescribe antivirals for COVID has been labelled “really sad” by a leading doctor The Pharmacy Guild and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners …
UTI extension ‘playing with fire:’ RACGP
Patients don’t want to report bad outcomes from the UTI trial to pharmacists, claim doctors in the latest attack on the pilot, while a leading pharmacist calls for an end …
Conflict between pharmacy, GP groups fuels lack of change
Why does Australia lag behind other countries in seeing pharmacists move beyond their dispensing role? Key stakeholders speak up in new study Political tensions between pharmacy and GP groups—and within …
Stoush over UTI trial ethics
The Pharmacy Guild has again exchanged fire over the controversial Queensland UTI trial, saying the AMA is making up claims Pharmacy Guild Queensland branch president Chris Owen has described a …
Docs slam S3 budesonide proposal
A proposal to downschedule budesonide would be harmful to patients as “pharmacists are not clinically trained to diagnose and treat asthma,” says the RACGP And difficulty accessing GPs in rural …
Leaked report shows UTI trial success
A draft report on Queensland’s pharmacy UTI trial has shown it to be “overwhelmingly supportive” of the initiative The Australian reporter Lydia Lynch has warned that “a turf war between …
The week in review
There was lots of regulatory news this week, as we count down the days until the Federal Election… and find out how pharmacists may vote The Health Professional Councils Authority …
‘Bizarre’ claims ‘yet another example of why the AMAQ can’t be trusted’: Guild
Doctors say their “only option” has been to report pharmacists involved with the Queensland UTI trial to the state’s Health Ombudsman, AMA head reveals The Pharmacy Guild has denied claims …
Senator to GPs: ‘What is the opposition’ to working with pharmacies?
A GP has claimed that proposals around pharmacists working to full scope cause more “silos” than they break down, while another divides pharmacy into two camps The AMA Council 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 …
World news wrapup: 24 March 2022
Overwork risks mistakes; GPs don’t appreciate pharmacists enough in England; back to work after three days for COVID-positive Korean pharmacists Charlotte, North Carolina: Pharmacists have told WBTV that they are …
GPs claim ‘harrowing details’ from UTI trial
Doctors “trawling through medical records” and publishing patient details as evidence against the pharmacist UTI trial is a new low, says one stakeholder Doctors are once again calling for an …