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    Tag: Pharmacy

    Another State Government pledges to follow Queensland and Victoria with huge expansion of pharmacy prescribing

    June 16, 2025

    More pharmacists will diagnose and prescribe S4 drugs for wounds, reflux and shingles if the Liberal Government is re-elected in Tasmania’s snap election next month.…

    40 pharmacists qualify as ‘doctors’ after new title applied to existing degrees

    June 10, 2025

    Forty graduate pharmacists can already call themselves ‘doctor’ despite not knowing they would receive the title when they started their degrees. Minister for Health and…

    State Govt will cover the cost of pharmacist consults for 20 medical conditions including diabetes and hypertension

    May 20, 2025

    Victorian pharmacists with extra training will manage and prescribe S4 drugs for type 2 diabetes, hypertension and allergies through taxpayer-funded consultations, Premier Jacinta Allen says.…

    Pharmacy prescribing made permanent in Queensland despite just 62 pharmacists finishing their training

    March 21, 2025

    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…

    New figures show Pharmacy Guild donated over $400,000 to political parties

    February 3, 2025

    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…

    Pharmacist accused of professional misconduct after pushing over a child who bullied his son

    January 20, 2025

    A pharmacist who was accused of professional misconduct after he verbally abused and then pushed his son’s alleged bully has escaped sanctions. The pharmacist’s 10-year-old…

    Guild uses bulk-billing report to spruik pharmacists diagnosing and prescribing

    January 16, 2025

    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…

    NT follows Queensland with massive pharmacist S4 prescribing trial

    November 11, 2024

    NT pharmacists will treat 23 conditions — including school sores, otitis media, asthma and COPD — in another major pharmacist prescribing pilot. The recently elected…

    Guild’s worst fears come true: Watchdog green-lights pharmacy super-corporate

    November 7, 2024

    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

    October 25, 2024

    Following the heated controversy over Queensland’s pharmacy prescribing experiment, around 400 patients — potentially fewer — have consulted a pharmacist. A big question is what…

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    Pharmacists have performed just 415 consults in Queensland's prescribing trial, but what they are doing exactly remains a mystery

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