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The week in review
Uncertainty over the possibility of 60-day dispensing intensified this week, as draft Budget papers show it could soon be a reality The Pharmacy Guild of Australia held an emergency webinar …
McBride calls for full scope, team-based care
Assistant Minister and pharmacist Emma McBride has called for the health professions to be able to work to the top of their scope McBride, Assistant Minister Rural and Regional Health, …
‘We don’t go to the mechanic to start the car.’
High-profile Nationals couple Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion have spoken out in favour of pharmacist prescribing trials, with Campion saying rural and regional Australians deserve more Former journalist and political …
Invest in future, says SHPA
SHPA says a key NSW election pledge to fund the state’s future healthcare workforce must include pharmacist positions In welcoming the election of the Minns Labor Government in NSW over …
‘Outliers’ targeted in anti-fraud bill
One politician has taken aim at “corporate pharmacies” when discussing a bill targeting pharmacy owners who engage in fraud The National Health Amendment (Effect of Prosecution – Approved Pharmacist Corporations) …
Act now, Fiasp patients urged
Diabetes drug was set to vanish from the Australian market in days – but there’s now temporary relief for patients Patients who want to stay on the diabetes medicine Fiasp …
Hospital pharmacist shortfall risking lives: SHPA
End longstanding inequities to medicines access and access to hospital pharmacist workforce in NSW public hospitals, urges the SHPA The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has released its 2023 …
National Medicines Policy update to reduce harms
Health stakeholders have welcomed the updated National Medicines Policy, saying the changes should improve medicines safety On Tuesday (20 December 2022) Health Minister Mark Butler announced an “updated and strengthened” …
‘They want to stop community pharmacy.’
A Liberal senator has launched a blistering attack on a Bill which would significantly limit pharmacists from donating to political parties Queensland Greens Senator Larissa Waters has reintroduced the Commonwealth …
All parties urged to support pharmacist scope trials
The GP shortage doesn’t justify extending the powers of pharmacists, says a leading doctor as the RACGP attacks Victoria’s announcement on scope of practice The Royal Australian College of General …
Labor pledges $20 pharmacist consults
Ahead of the Victorian election, Labor pledges to expand the role of community pharmacists, including allowing them to reissue contraceptive scripts The Andrews Labor government has announced that if re-elected, …
The week in review
Movement on the PBS co-payment cuts, plus the end of a longstanding Aussie pharmacy brand and of an accreditation body all made news this week The planned cuts to the …