‘We’ve heard every Chicken Little argument around’: Pharmacy Guild’s message to GP leaders
Do medical groups waste time attacking the Pharmacy Guild of Australia when they should be advancing the interests of doctors? It is certainly the view…
Tag: Pharmacy
State launches pharmacy prescribing pilot for depot contraceptives and vaginal rings
Dozens of pharmacies across Queensland can now initiate 12-month scripts of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate injections, oral contraceptives and vaginal rings to patients aged 16 and…
Are dispensing doctors the right response to prescribing pharmacists?
Whenever pharmacists push further into diagnosing and prescribing, GPs ask the question. If the prescriber-dispenser divide is truly an ancient notion, rather than pharmacists prescribing,…
Another state expanding pharmacy prescribing to include acne and nausea
The WA Government has given the green light to expand pharmacy prescribing to eventually include acne, nausea, wounds and more. It said the move was…
RACGP presidential candidate Professor Michael Clements responds to the big questions facing general practice
This is the last of AusDoc’s question-and-answer articles with the GPs bidding for your vote in the RACGP presidential election, to be held later this…
Another radical health experiment? The mystery of Queensland’s physician assistants plan
It’s taken a week and more twists and backflips than Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, but Queensland Health’s plans for employing physician assistants — a role…
Pharmacist explains why he rejects 60-day scripts (it’s not for money)
GPs using 60-day prescribing to dodge the PBS authority line are unwittingly costing patients long term, a pharmacist says. AusDoc has heard from dozens of GPs…
GPs accuse pharmacists of refusing to fill 60-day scripts to protect their cash flow
Dozens of GPs say pharmacists have rejected their 60-day scripts — sometimes with no better justification than protecting their revenue. The Federal Government undermined…
Another government looking at pharmacist prescribing for wounds, impetigo and more
NT pharmacists could soon prescribe S4 medicines for wounds, otitis media and impetigo under what the territory government is calling “a commonsense” proposal. Last week,…
Have pharmacists refused to fill your 60-day scripts? We want to hear from you
Through AusDoc’s coverage of 60-day prescribing, GPs have been raising concerns in the comments section about pharmacists not fulfilling double-length scripts, which halve dispensing fees…
