Pharmacy Guild
Pharmacists critical in meds supply during bushfires and other disasters
The bushfires in Western Australia and South Australia and the prospect of a hot dry summer have reinforced the need for residents in areas susceptible to natural disasters such as …
Scott McGregor awarded Barry Schultz medal for 2015
The former Branch Committee member of the Guild’s South Australian Branch, Adelaide pharmacist Scott McGregor, has been awarded the Barry Schultz medal for 2015. The medal is awarded to a …
Guild moving on harm minimisation: Tambassis
The deferral of a decision on codeine scheduling will give the Guild time to address the problem of codeine dependence, national president George Tambassis said in his address to the …
Preventive health, deterring smoking key issues: Bill Shorten
Opposition leader Bill Shorten used last night’s address to the Guild Annual Dinner at Parliament House to highlight Labor’s plan to increase the tobacco excise. Yesterday Mr Shorten, Shadow Treasurer …
Pharmacy too often ignored: Richard di Natale
Pharmacists are underutilised in preventive health and their voices are too often missing from discussion of the health care system in Australia, Greens leader Senator Richard di Natale told the …
Pharmacy to evolve, be more competitive: Ley
The role of pharmacists must continue to evolve as Australia’s healthcare system undergoes modernising changes, Health Minister Sussan Ley told the Guild dinner at Parliament House in Canberra last night. …
Guild welcoming but wary on Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation Review
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says it will work constructively with the Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation Review Panel on the basis that they will take an objective and evidence-based approach …
Guild slams Harper review as Government responds to review
The Pharmacy Guild has again slammed the findings of the Competition Policy Review following the Government’s release of its response to the review. The Government will partly or wholly adopt …
Stakeholders gear up on real-time codeine monitoring
The deferment of a final decision on the upscheduling of codeine-containing OTCs is very good news, but stakeholders now need to get moving quickly on the proposed real-time monitoring system …
Guild welcomes codeine decision deferment
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has welcomed today’s decision to defer the proposed re-scheduling of medicines containing codeine until 2017, subject to further consideration. The delegate of the Secretary of …
Codeine crackdown could cost $1.27 billion over four years… and more
Upscheduling codeine-containing OTCs could cost upwards of $1.27 billion in MBS outlay alone over the next four years, a new report has found. The Pharmacy Guild engaged Cadence Economics to …
Guild supports walk4braincancer in Canberra
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s Ann Dalton and David Quilty participated in the walk4braincancer in Canberra over the weekend with Cure Brain Cancer Foundation campaign manager Jhaike Braham. Last month …