60-day prescribing uptake only 30%, analysis finds
GPs used 60-day prescribing for fewer than 30% of eligible scripts in the policy’s first year, analysis of PBS data has found. The Federal Government…
Tag: Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Pharmacy prescribing made permanent in Queensland despite just 62 pharmacists finishing their training
Pharmacist prescribing of S4 drugs for impetigo, reflux and obesity is becoming a permanent part of the health system despite a lack of evaluation. Queensland…
Clinical independence under threat from ‘vertically integrated’ cannabis companies, doctors tell Mark Butler
Doctor and pharmacy groups have suggested banning medicinal cannabis companies from simultaneously owning clinics and dispensaries, saying doctors’ independence is at stake. AMA Queensland and…
New figures show Pharmacy Guild donated over $400,000 to political parties
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has again demonstrated it is one of the biggest political forces in Australia, mixing with billionaires Anthony Pratt and Gina…
Guild uses bulk-billing report to spruik pharmacists diagnosing and prescribing
A company’s report that concluded 20% of GP practices offer universal bulk-billing has prompted the Pharmacy Guild of Australia to urge patients to “Think pharmacy…
Mark Butler announces new five-year degree that will allow pharmacists to call themselves ‘doctor’
Pharmacists who complete a new extended master’s degree will have the right to call themselves ‘doctor’, Mark Butler has announced. The federal Minister for Health…
Guild’s worst fears come true: Watchdog green-lights pharmacy super-corporate
Chemist Warehouse and pharmacy wholesaler Sigma Healthcare are free to merge after persuading the competition watchdog that the resultant $9 billion ASX corporate giant would…
Pharmacists have performed just 415 consults in Queensland’s prescribing trial, but what they are doing exactly remains a mystery
Following the heated controversy over Queensland’s pharmacy prescribing experiment, around 400 patients — potentially fewer — have consulted a pharmacist. A big question is what…
Pharmacists in most states can now sell nicotine vapes without a prescription
Pharmacists can now supply nicotine vapes without a prescription in most Australian states under new laws that have outraged the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. From…
‘Limited clinical oversight’: State minister to ban pharmacists from prescribing vapes to adults
The Tasmanian Government is refusing to implement a federal plan to let pharmacists sell vapes without a GP script, claiming it will turn pharmacies into…
