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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 14 Jun 2020
30 day limit on prescription refills lifted in most provinces
12 June 2020 - Most Canadian provinces have now eased their restrictions on the supply of prescription drugs. ...
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 26 May 2020
Optimizing patient access to medications: the American Dermatological Association’s position statement on pharmacy benefit managers and patient access to affordable and appropriate medications
25 May 2020 - Access to health care has been at the forefront of social and political debate for decades. ...
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 13 May 2020
Mail order drug delivery rises during Coronavirus lockdowns
12 May 2020 - Shift from visits to pharmacist is expected to endure for some customers when pandemic subsides. ...
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 16 Apr 2020
'Pharmacies run off their feet': people waiting days for prescriptions
17 April 2020 - Some patients are waiting days to have their prescriptions filled, with many community pharmacies struggling to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2020
Pharmacies may only dispense drugs for 90 days
1 April 2020 - As of today, April 1, pharmacies cannot deliver a larger amount of drug than the amount ...
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 27 Mar 2020
Change to monthly dispensing
27 March 2020 - PHARMAC has changed Pharmaceutical Schedule rules that restrict the dispensing of funded community medicines to just one ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2020
PHARMAC places temporary dispensing limits on all funded community medicines
26 March 2020 - PHARMAC is placing temporary dispensing limits on all funded community medicines from Friday 27 March 2020. ...