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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 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 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 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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2020
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 ...