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Queensland pharmacies join rollout, 1 million regional vaccines delivered
7 June 2021 - More rural and remote Queenslanders will be rolling up their sleeves as local pharmacies join the national ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2021
Pharmacy Guild asks for right to give jab
6 June 2021 - Pharmacists say the COVID-19 immunisation program could be accelerated by three months if they could administer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2021
Flu vaccine war: chemists accused of delivering weaker jab
27 April 2021 - A war has broken out between chemists and doctors, who say elderly Australians are being given an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2021
COVID-19 vaccine rollout delay hits chemists
6 April 2021 - The mass rollout of vaccinations to Australians has been pushed back by at least a month, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2021
NHS prescription charges set to rise in England
2 March 2021 - The NHS prescription charge in England is set to increase to £9.35 from 1 April 2021 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Feb 2021
Chemist giants are testing the rules
22 February 2021 - Health regulators are preparing to challenge the increasing dominance of Australia’s pharmacy giants, with threats to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Feb 2021
Small town pharmacies suffer in Federal Government reclassification funding and fear for COVID vaccine rollout
10 February 2021 - The only pharmacist in the Midwest town of Northampton says the rollout of vaccines in rural ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2021
Pharmacies to offer COVID-19 vaccine shots
31 January 2021 - There will be no requirement to visit a doctor to receive the COVID-19 jab under a planned ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Dec 2020
Turf war: pharmacists will deliver COVID-19 vaccine despite GP concerns
9 December 2020 - Pharmacists will be able to administer COVID-19 vaccinations when the wider immunisation program begins in mid-2021, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2020
Pharmacist army ready to jab Australians with COVID-19 vaccine
26 October 2020 - An army of 10,000 pharmacists will play a critical role in the immunisation of millions of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2020
Pharmacist prescribers able to prescribe special authority medicines
1 October 2020 - Some medicines are only funded under certain conditions to ensure access to medicines is available for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
Pharmacies to be first port of call for eventual COVID-19 vaccine
19 August 2020 - Getting the COVID-19 vaccine will be as easy as going to your local pharmacy when the lifesaving ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jul 2020
PHARMAC removes dispensing restrictions' - now distributing three months' supply
30 July 2020 - The majority of the temporary dispensing restrictions placed upon Government-funded medicine will be removed on Saturday. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jul 2020
Pharmacy trial program implementation review
24 July 2020 - Under the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement, $50 million was provided to the Pharmacy Trials Program to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2020
Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement
23 June 2020 - The Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement is commencing 1 July 2020 and will be in place for five ...