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'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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2019
Pharmacy face off: Chemist Warehouse’s push to provide free prescription medicine
4 September 2019 - Australia’s largest pharmacy retailer, Chemist Warehouse, is offering to provide free prescription medicine, if restrictive rules ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Free prescriptions blocked by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia
3 September 2019 - Australia’s largest pharmacy chain has offered to provide free prescription medicines if restrictive rules are changed. But ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Australians paying more for their medication after prescription changes knocked back
2 September 2019 - Aussies are paying double for this essential product. But one powerful group is doing everything to keep ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2019
'We're not selling fruit and veg here': Why pharmacists, doctors and retailers are fighting over your medicines
30 August 2019 - They have been described as the most powerful lobby group in Australia, feared by politicians from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2019
How a powerful lobby group is pushing up PBS medicine prices
30 August 2019 - Aussies are being forced to pay up to six times more for vital medicines despite being listed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Aug 2019
Let pharmacists take the load off GPs
28 August 2019 - Recent proposals to allow pharmacists to take on a greater role to improve access to low ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2019
Doctors raise the stakes in turf war with pharmacists
26 August 2019 - Doctors have upped the stakes in their turf war with pharmacists, hitting back at a threatened ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2019
Chemist Warehouse continues store expansion, set to open one of its largest stores yet
22 August 2019 - Chemist Warehouse operates eight stores in New Zealand currently. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2019
When will the mainstream media attacks end?
19 August 2019 - People calling for relaxation of the location rules are “motivated by self-interest and profit,” says the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2019
Case dismissed
19 August 2019 - Pharmacy Guild sees proceedings against Ramsay Health Care dismissed as court rules it cannot determine whether ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2019
Pharmacists call for Medicare rebates for medical consultations at the chemist
15 August 2019 - Pharmacists are pushing the Morrison government for changes to the Medicare system to allow Australians to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Aug 2019
Discount chemists the new Uber: former ACCC chief backs pharmacy deregulation
15 August 2019 - Former ACCC chief Graeme Samuel has slammed governments for bowing to the Pharmacy Guild's "political blackmail" ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2019
Push for 24 hour convenience stores to sell prescription medicines
10 August 2019 - The peak body for convenience stores has backed calls to relax the strict rules governing pharmacies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2019
'Highly protected species': calls for government to stop 'propping up' pharmacies
8 August 2019 - Australia's largest pharmacy retailer is calling on the federal government to stop "propping up" small local ...