Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Guild pushes strategies to tackle workforce shortages
Government urged to extend HELP to pharmacy graduates and lift cap on skilled migration to attract overseas candidates to fill workforce vacancies The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is calling on …
Progress being made but no 8CPA yet: Guild
Guild aiming to resolve “remaining issues of contention” in “good faith” as 8CPA deadline looms Progress is being made to deliver the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA), but more urgency …
Talks continue as 8CPA deadline looms
Guild still targeting 1 March start date for Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement With less than three weeks before the second tranche of medications becomes available under 60-day dispensing, negotiations …
Will the ACCC quash CWH/Sigma merger?
Competition concerns could see regulator block Sigma’s planned merged with Chemist Warehouse, analyst warns The competition watchdog says Australia urgently needs stronger merger laws, as onlookers continue to build the …
Guild largesse fails to sway Labor
Labor landed a $121,000 donation from the Guild just weeks before revealing plans to implement 60-day dispensing Data released by the Australian Electoral Commission yesterday (1 February) reveals the Australian …
Business backs government administered paid parental leave
Shifting the administration of the Commonwealth Parental Leave Pay scheme to the federal government would ease pressure on pharmacies, Guild says Business groups, including the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, are …
We will not panic: Guild
Guild will not sign a deal that is not good for patients and pharmacists, Anthony Tassone pledges Time is of the essence if the government and Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
STI testing no longer taboo: Butler
Government kicks off new ‘Beforeplay’ campaign to boost testing for sexually transmitted infections Australians are being urged to undergo regular testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in response to …
Wholesalers working to deliver to flood-affected Victorians
Pharmaceutical wholesalers are working with pharmacies in flood-hit parts of Victoria to get medicines to patients in need Members of the National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA), which represents Community Service …
CAPS reignites campaign for 2024
Pharmacists are set to protest outside Parliament House on the first sitting day of 2024 if the profession is not reassured that progress is being made to deliver the Eight Community …
Flood-affected Twomey calls for ‘8CPA now’
Guild president urges government to sign a new Community Pharmacy Agreement “now”, if it wants to help the sector ensure patients are not worse off If the federal government wants …
Guild unconvinced of Sigma alignment
Firm commitments to supporting the current pharmacy ownership rules and to ensuring equitable wholesale services will be required by Sigma, before it can claim to be aligned with the Pharmacy …