professional services
Enhancing your pharmacy’s cash flow
What are the key strategies for maintaining healthy cash flow in your pharmacy? Patricia Aditopo from Peak Strategies looks at the options Cash flow is the lifeblood of your pharmacy, essential …
World news wrapup: 8 August 2024
Victims of former pharmacist distressed as he leaves prison; anti-shoplifting measures fuel Amazon Pharmacy use; soundalike medicines error in NZ Kansas City, Missouri: Families of the victims of former pharmacist …
Dispensing must be ‘well-funded’ in 8CPA
Plans to increase community pharmacy services will not be sustainable without appropriately funding dispensing, pharmacist says Ensuring dispensaries are well-funded will be critical to the success of the Eighth Community …
Key services on ‘chopping block’ for 8CPA
Funding for several professional services could be stripped from the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) Home Medicines Reviews (HMRs), MedsCheck and a number of other services could be abolished …
‘Doing nothing not an option’
Community pharmacies cannot afford to sit back to “wait and see” how 60-day dispensing impacts their business, a pharmacy group’s boss warns Pharmacies need to take proactive steps to mitigate …
Poll: Should pharmacists get MBS numbers?
Should pharmacists be given MBS numbers? Tell us what you think in our poll Over the last couple of years, there has been a growing number of calls for pharmacists …
Begging an option for some owners
With 60-day dispensing on its way, proprietors are looking at services they can add or cut to maintain the viability of their businesses Just over half of pharmacy owners are …
Measuring the impact
Corporate trainer Reem Borrows takes a wide-angle look at the potential negative impact of the 60-day dispensing rule on independent pharmacies…and the community at large Australia’s healthcare system is on …
What are your 60-day strategies?
Now is the time for pharmacies to develop their response strategy to 60-day dispensing. John Thornett suggests some tactics that should be considered In the past, Community Pharmacy Agreements provided …
Employee pharmacists should get a cut of service fees: PPA
Community pharmacists who provide professional services should receive a slice of the funding paid to the pharmacy they work in, union officials believe Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) says its enterprise …
‘Out of the money, nothing is good.’
One pharmacist has analysed the Albanese Government’s purported reinvestment into community pharmacy – and it’s not a reinvestment at all, he says Tim Mizzi, from the Capital Chemist Raymond Terrace …
‘Some might benefit but everyone will suffer’
One pharmacist told the AJP about the service which will be “the first canary that falls” under 60-day dispensing, while others are looking at ways to retain viability With pharmacists …