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,…
Tag: Pharmacists
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…
Guild outraged over political deal to turn pharmacists into ‘vape garbage collectors’
The Federal Government’s snap decision to make vapes an OTC medicine from October has outraged the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, which says treating pharmacists as…
Ordinary pharmacists are no more than wage slaves for the pharmacy owners
There is something curious about the proposed merger between Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare. Chemist Warehouse has about 550 retail pharmacies. × Welcome to AusDoc.…
Fed Govt to hand pharmacists $2 billion in compensation for 60-day dispensing
Pharmacies will receive an extra $4.79 per 60-day script dispensed under a new funding agreement with the Federal Government, which has patched up its fractured…
‘What did your pharmacist say?’: The questions GPs need to ask to avoid the looming legal threat
I must add fuel onto Dr Paul Nisselle’s assessment of a possible increase in GPs’ professional indemnity insurance premiums due to the ongoing fragmentation of…
Unleashing an army of ignorant imposters to play doctor won’t solve the GP shortage
At age four, my grandson started attending full-day public school in Canada, because that’s how it’s done there. He’s been going to school for six…
