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…
Tag: Pharmacists
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. Sigma has another 400.…
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…
No extra indemnity fees for Qld pharmacist prescribers: Guild Insurance
Pharmacists who start prescribing S4 medicines in Queensland or any other scope of practice pilot will not face higher premiums, according to the leading pharmacist…
Pharmacists secure UTI prescribing powers in NSW before clinical trial results
The NSW Government will permanently allow pharmacists to diagnose UTIs and prescribe antibiotics despite not seeing the results from its 10-month trial. From 1 June,…
Pharmacy academic Prof Lisa Nissen leading scope of practice review’s $1.2 million research team
Professor Lisa Nissen, whose controversial work opened the door for pharmacy UTI prescribing, is leading the expert research team behind the Federal Government’s Scope of…
Qld pharmacists have started independently diagnosing and prescribing for 17 conditions
The Queensland Government’s pharmacy prescribing experiment is finally a reality. Pharmacists in the pilot confirmed on Wednesday morning that the State Government had given them…
‘Same pay for equal work’: RACGP fears come true with Scope of Practice Review’s big ideas
Nurses and pharmacists accessing GP-level Medicare rebates and “cashing out” GP incentive programs to pay for multidisciplinary care are among the suggestions from the Federal…
