RACGP election: Presidential candidate Dr Monirul Haque answers AusDoc’s big questions
RACGP members will vote for a new president this month and AusDoc has asked the five candidates to respond to our burning questions about the…
Tag: Pharmacists
Pharmacist used dead patients’ details to defraud $2 million from PBS: tribunal
A pharmacist who “brazenly” defrauded $1.94 million from the PBS by submitting fake claims, some using dead patients’ details, will not be allowed to apply…
RACGP presidential candidate Dr Alan Bradley responds to the big questions facing GPs
RACGP members will vote for a new president this month. Five GPs are campaigning for the role, and AusDoc has asked all five to answer…
Pharmacist explains why he rejects 60-day scripts (it’s not for money)
GPs using 60-day prescribing to dodge the PBS authority line are unwittingly costing patients long term, a pharmacist says. AusDoc has heard from dozens of GPs…
GPs accuse pharmacists of refusing to fill 60-day scripts to protect their cash flow
Dozens of GPs say pharmacists have rejected their 60-day scripts — sometimes with no better justification than protecting their revenue. The Federal Government undermined…
Pharmacist prescribing will push us into the healthcare crisis I witnessed in the UK
After seven years working as a GP in Scotland, I joined many thousands of GPs fleeing the UK’s struggling health system. I came to Australia,…
Have pharmacists refused to fill your 60-day scripts? We want to hear from you
Through AusDoc’s coverage of 60-day prescribing, GPs have been raising concerns in the comments section about pharmacists not fulfilling double-length scripts, which halve dispensing fees…
Pharmacists set to prescribe for shingles under expanded trial
Pharmacists in NSW will soon begin prescribing first line treatments for uncomplicated herpes zoster with an expansion of the trial to include some skin conditions…
Greens Senator accuses ‘disingenuous’ pharmacy guild of lobbying for vapes to be made S2
For a group pushing for pharmacists to diagnose more, prescribe more and dispense more, it seems there is one place it does not want to…
It is meant to save billions, but just how many 60-day scripts are GPs writing?
If you have been rummaging around the pre-federal budget news coverage, you may have read about the billions of dollars taxpayers will be saving as…
