Pharmacist UTI prescribing and the scandalous silence of the regulators
Dr Evan Ackermann says their failure to speak out against the dismantling of the prescriber-dispenser divide is alarming.
Tag: Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Paying overstressed pharmacists to do GPs’ work is not the answer
Earlier this month, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia branded AMA Queensland a “cabal of non-grassroots doctors” who were trashing the reputation of pharmacists for no…
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread – how the pharmacy guild failed on chronic pain
Turns out chronic pain MedsCheck is an intervention few pharmacists want to deliver, and few patients want to be involved with. Another multi-million dollar pharmacy…
Pharmacy guild says doctors made up UTI adverse events: A GP responds
Being made to answer questions about your sex life and vaginal discharge over a pharmacy counter is unacceptable in any healthcare context, says Dr…
Pharmacy guild accuses AMA of making up claims that women were harmed by pharmacist UTI trial
The guild's state president says AMA Queensland's complete lack of evidence and foe outrage reek of internal politics and desperation.
Federal election: Is Scott Morrison’s big PBS pledge a big stuff-up?
The party says it will help.
Pharmacy Guild wins big again as pollies promise $150 million for PBS price cut
Whoever wins the election, script costs will be cut.
The Pharmacy Guild says dispenser–prescriber divide is a ‘truly ancient notion’
Declaration comes as the Federal Government warns the looming north Queensland pharmacy prescribing trial is 'inconsistent' with Commonwealth medic…
Pharmacists to work onsite in aged care
The Federal Government's $345 million scheme aims to improve the appropriate use of medications, including antipsychotics.
Patients want pharmacists to prescribe, guild claims
But the RACGP says the body is simply attempting to defuse controversy around a proposed North Queensland pilot allowing pharmacists to manage 23 c…
