Pharmacy prescribing trial widens to include skin conditions
NSW Minister for Health Ryan Park has confirmed that the state’s pharmacy trial will be expanded to allow pharmacists to prescribe treatments for four skin conditions including…
Tag: Pharmacy
Last Australian state government signs up for pharmacist UTI prescribing
The South Australian government will let pharmacists diagnose and prescribe antibiotics for UTIs from March next year and renew contraceptive scripts from May. The move…
Pharmacist sacked after accessing 7000 patient records
A pharmacist has been dismissed and referred to AHPRA over accessing more than 7000 patient records without authorisation at a leading Melbourne trauma centre. Alfred…
RACGP president says she faced AHPRA complaint after 60-day dispensing comments
RACGP president Dr Nicole Higgins has revealed she was subject to an AHPRA complaint over her comments on 60-day dispensing, which felt like “a cut…
60-day scripts could encourage govt cuts to GP care plans, claims letter from pharmacists
GPs who write 60-day scripts are giving the Federal Government reasons to cut chronic disease care plan rebates, a letter from pharmacists is warning. The…
Vic pharmacists must prioritise non-antibiotic UTI treatment under prescribing pilot protocol
Pharmacists who diagnose and treat UTIs should start with “conservative management with non-prescription medicines”, reserving antibiotics for patients who do not improve after 48 hours,…
Mass mail-out will implore GPs to stop writing 60-day scripts
GPs can expect letters imploring them not to write 60-day scripts to protect patients’ “financial best interest” and to preserve access to Webster packs and…
Pharmacists post patient scripts to Facebook in 60-day dispensing attack
A group of pharmacists says a “dossier” of 10,000 patient scripts proves that 60-day dispensing is a “rort” and failing to free up GP appointments. …
Another state on verge of pharmacist UTI prescribing
The SA Government should let pharmacists prescribe antibiotics for UTIs “as soon as possible” without a trial or pilot program, a parliamentary committee has declared.…
67 doctors sign up to supervise pharmacists in ‘reckless’ Qld prescribing trial
Almost 70 doctors, half of them GPs, have agreed to supervise pharmacists while they train to prescribe S4 drugs and manage chronic conditions under Queensland’s…
