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More essential support for Australian patients through community pharmacy
12 June 2020 - Australians will have better access to subsidised medicines and medication management services through community pharmacy with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2020
Pharmacist claiming of paracetamol 500 mg with codeine 30 mg tablet prescriptions from 1 June 2020
1 June 2020 - Commencing 1 June 2020, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listings for opioid medicines will change. Included in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2020
Serious shortages substitution notice
14 May 2020 - Where a serious shortages substitution notice has been issued by the Therapeutic Goods Administration and supported ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2020
COVID-19: pharmacists and GPs brawl over powers to dispense medicines
11 May 2020 - Chemists are using the coronavirus health crisis to push for a permanent increase in their power ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
Pharmacists welcome medicine review update
21 April 2020 - Elderly people at risk of medicine-related harm will now have their treatments more regularly reviewed by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2020
‘It treats pharmacists with contempt’
16 April 2020 - The therapeutic substitution arrangements in their proposed form are “not workable” and ultimately “unacceptable”, says pharmacy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2020
COVID-19: Australia Post announces launch of pharmacy home delivery service amid coronavirus crisis
28 March 2020 - Australia Post has announced the launch of its Pharmacy Home Delivery Service to assist vulnerable members ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Mar 2020
No need to stockpile medicines says MA Chief
19 March 2020 - Medicines Australia CEO Elizabeth de Somer has echoed calls by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison, for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jan 2020
Amazon Australia signals pharmacy foray with new trademark application
14 January 2020 - The local arm of retail giant Amazon has filed a trademark for the term "Amazon Pharmacy", ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Oct 2019
A majority of locals in NSW rural towns want rules changed to allow discount chemists
27 October 2019 - A new deal with chemists is set to force the price of medicines up even though a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2019
Health Minister Greg Hunt considering 'supervised prescribing' by pharmacists
17 October 2019 - Health Minister Greg Hunt is considering "supervised prescribing" by pharmacists to ease pressure on the health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2019
Pay pharmacists to improve our health, not just supply medicines
10 October 2019 - When you have a medicine dispensed at your local pharmacy under the PBS, two things happen. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Sep 2019
Pharmacists want women to save a trip to the doctor
25 September 2019 - A simple plan could save women hundreds of dollars and the Federal Government $22 million a year. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Sep 2019
A new deal protects Australians chemists at the expense of patients
22 September 2019 - Australia’s 3000 pharmacy owners have a government guaranteed monopoly that is pushing up medicine prices and the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2019
'Ridiculous' to force women to visit GP for a repeat pill prescription, pharmacists say
6 September 2019 - The Pharmacy Guild has urged Health Minister Greg Hunt to kick-start a process to allow women ...