location rules
CWH’s Tascone takes on Guild – with jelly beans
Disruptor chain director speaks out on location/ownership rules, supermarkets moving into pharmacy…and the jelly bean wars The My Chemist director’s exclusive interview with AJP at the 2023 APP conference covered …
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 …
Productivity Commission backs supermarket pharmacies
Pharmacy’s location and ownership rules designed to boost accessibility may be falling short of their original purpose, the Productivity Commission believes Australian governments are being urged to review the current …
Location rules ‘could be changed by governments immediately:’ report
Rules help “establish local monopolies” and have left population-to-pharmacy ratios 50% worse than when introduced, says Productivity Commission Location and ownership rules have been slammed as uncompetitive and leading to …
‘Fraud’ claims in location stoush
Federal Court action over western Sydney pharmacy ceases as request for approval withdrawn A location rules stoush with claims of fraud over the application for a projected new pharmacy in …
Pharmacy approval appeal rejected
Appeal against ministerial location rule decision dismissed by Federal Court The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed an appeal made against a ministerial decision approving a pharmacy’s right to supply …
Docs unhappy with pharmacist-only ownership
Doctors’ group calls for non-pharmacist ownership, and alleges political interference related to 60-day dispensing, in submission to review The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has again called for the abolishment of …
‘The American primary health care system is hardly anything to aspire to.’
A health stakeholder has suggested there’s a conflict of interest in retail pharmacies, and that CPA projects and remuneration are dictated by the Guild Anthony Tassone, Victorian branch president of …
Pharmacy owner hit with Ministerial legal bill
Federal Court affirms unsuccessful challenge to Health Minister’s discretionary powers must be paid by applicant A pharmacy owner who opposed the Health Minister’s discretionary power in allowing pharmaceutical benefits to …
Freedom fight
Sarah Stoddart explores this pharmacy’s challenge to the exercise of ministerial discretion The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed an application challenging the Minister for Health’s discretionary power to approve …
‘Muddle-headed phoney investigation’ into pharmacy got facts wrong, says Guild
Prices quoted in a series of News Corp articles slamming community pharmacy were wrong, says the owner of one of the pharmacies targeted, as Chemist Warehouse slams the location rules …
‘Preposterous thesis’ in pharmacy attack
One stakeholder has urged pharmacists not to let “cynical attacks” get them down, as a series of articles claims some patients are “footing the bill” on medicines prices and enriching …