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A slight to pharmacy
Prime Minister Morrison chooses to receive his booster shot from a GP clinic, adding insult to existing pharmacy concerns over low vax remuneration Prime Minister Scott Morrison has chosen to …
The top ten
Discounted PBS prices, World Pharmacists Day and the post-Guild career path of George Tambassis led the list of stories our readers were reading over the last month These were the …
The ‘Revolution Bug’
September 1971: Change is in the air within the pharmacy profession Calls for change were everywhere in the September 1971 edition of the AJP There were calls for “revolution” to …
Clearing the calendar
Pharmacy Connect 2021 postponed due to COVID-19 The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced that, due to the on-going COVID-19 outbreak and extended lockdown in New South Wales, Pharmacy Connect …
Seeking help from overseas
Pharmacists have been added to the skilled migrant list to boost vaccine rollout, government says The Federal Minister for Immigration has announced that pharmacists have been included on the Priority …
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 …
Wesfarmers’ API bid under scrutiny
Guild says it is ‘monitoring’ the $687 million takeover bid for the wholesaler The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is “monitoring” Wesfarmers’ unexpected takeover bid for Australian Pharmaceutical Industries for “possible …
Building better connections
The latest updates in pharmacy events: what’s happening at Pharmacy Connect 2021? Pharmacy owners wanting to establish patient centred pharmacies with closer pharmacist-patient connections will benefit from attending this year’s …
Guild stalwart joins CWH
Chemist Warehouse announces it has retained the Pharmacy Guild’s long-serving former communications director Greg Turnbull After 12 years as the Guild’s most senior communications officer and Group Executive for Engagement …
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 …
The state of pay
A new report has laid bare the anger and frustration that many pharmacists are feeling about their pay and conditions. How can the profession respond? In March 2021, the union …
Pharmacy joins the credit revolution
20March 1971: the Pharmacy Guild plans to launch its own credit card, while the government toughens restrictions on pharma ads The Pharmacy Guild of Australia announced in March 1971 that …