Pharmacy Guild
The week in review
Double dispensing continues to dominate the headlines this week, plus the pharmacy sector lost two key people The fallout over 60-day dispensing continues, with the Guild refuting claims by Labor’s …
Vale Keith Fittock
Former Guild Queensland president and national board member of PDL Keith Fittock has passed away Pharmacy stakeholders have expressed their sorrow at the passing of Keith E.R. Fittock. Deputy chair …
‘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 …
Credlin ‘fooled’ by Government: ‘Thank God I talked to my pharmacist’
Political commentator Peta Credlin has lashed out at double dispensing, saying pharmacies are paying while the Government saves money – and taking a swipe at opioid replacement therapy The former …
The week in review
The furore over 60-day dispensing continued this week, plus there were allegations of wage theft, pharmacies were targeted by anti-vaccinators and new powers for Ahpra Jason Lange, the executive director …
‘It causes trauma for staff’
Australians are being told to complain to pharmacy workers if they see Guild campaign materials about double dispensing… an added stressor burnt-out pharmacists really don’t need, says one sector leader …
PBAC ‘has now seen sense’ on fluticasone
The controversial decision to restrict prescribing fluticasone propionate for young children has been reversed in a move welcomed by the Guild But families and pharmacists have been left without clear …
‘Millions of patients will lose’; Twomey
Guild president’s Forefront editorial goes in hard against double-dispensing “Millions of people in every single community in Australia will be worse off’ if the government doesn’t guarantee no patient or …
The week in review
This week, all eyes were on Canberra as the Health Minister announced 60-day dispensing First, stakeholders were just talking about the impact 60-day dispensing could have on pharmacy and patients. …
‘They’ll just pull the rug out from under them’
A visibly upset Trent Twomey has told reporters that Labor is failing to engage with community pharmacy over 60-day dispensing, with MPs and senators taking their phones “off the hook” …
Confirmed: Butler announces double dispensing
Health Minister Mark Butler has announced 60-day scripts will apply to more than 300 molecules from 1 September Butler has confirmed a policy found in draft Budget papers to implement …
‘It really breaks down the fundamental tenet of the PBS’
It’s as though a third disaster is about to hit pharmacy, says one sector leader: bushfires, Covid-19 and now 60-day dispensing Australians are already facing dire shortages of several key …