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…
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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…
AMA rubbishes claim that pharmacist prescribing will ‘ease burden on GPs’
The Federal Government’s Scope of Practice Review is pushing a wrongheaded idea that pharmacists and nurses will protect GPs from burnout by taking over the…
Is the govt’s Scope of Practice Review already set on pharmacist prescribing?
In just a few days, the Federal Government’s Scope of Practice Review will start showing its hand. When Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark…
RACGP sounds alarm over Fed Govt’s scope of practice review
The RACGP is worried that the Federal Government is barrelling towards a UK-style health system based on its scope of practice review, which will start…
Revealed: 16 antibiotics pharmacists will prescribe in Qld’s next trial
Cefalexin and mupirocin are just two of the antibiotics that Queensland pharmacists will prescribe under the state’s expanded pharmacy prescribing pilot this year. Pharmacists will…
Prescribing protocols for Vic pharmacists treating skin conditions finally revealed
The Victorian Government has finally named shingles and psoriasis as the skin conditions that pharmacists will start treating in March as part of its pharmacy…
