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'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 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 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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2019
Pharmacists v doctors: fiery prescription debate rages in WA
9 July 2019 - A proposal to allow pharmacists to issue repeat prescriptions should be backed as consumers will save ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jul 2019
Rosemary wants to be the 'Uber' of electronic scripts
8 July 2019 - The former managing director of Dropbox Australia, a Microsoft Health executive and an early Atlassian employee ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2019
Pharmacies could hand out prescriptions for medicines under major WA healthcare reforms
5 July 2019 - Pharmacies would be given a dramatically expanded role in the healthcare of WA patients under new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2019
Changes to wholesale mark-up arrangements for PBS Section 85 medicines dispensed in public and private hospitals to come into effect on 1 October 2019
2 July 2019 - The National Health Amendment (Budget Measure) Determination 2019 and the National Health (Commonwealth Price – Pharmaceutical Benefits ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jun 2019
Medicines should be more affordable for all Australians
26 June 2019 - Australian consumers have unparalleled access to medicine at a subsidised price under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jun 2019
Why the Pharmacy Guild is the most powerful lobby group you've never heard of
20 June 2019 - It's been called the most influential lobby group in Australia, and some believe it has the ...