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    Tag: Pharmacy

    Breaking news: Queensland’s ‘dangerous experiment’ in pharmacist S4 prescribing to expand statewide

    September 25, 2023

    The controversial pharmacist S4 prescribing trial is being expanded to include the whole of Queensland even before the pilot covering 600,000 patients begins. Both grassroots…

    Pharmacists to complete two hours of training to diagnose UTIs: Vic Govt

    September 18, 2023

    Pharmacists wanting to offer UTI and contraceptive consults under the Victorian Government’s controversial pharmacy prescribing pilot will start their training next month. The State Government…

    Aged care residents must not pick up pharmacists’ 60-day dispensing bill, warns health department

    September 14, 2023

    The federal Department of Health and Aged Care has written to aged care homes warning they cannot charge residents for managing their medications if pharmacists…

    ‘Escalating concerns’ with Victorian Govt’s pharmacy prescribing pilot trigger AMA walkout

    September 7, 2023

    AMA Victoria has stopped advising the State Government on pharmacy prescribing, accusing it of rushing into a pilot while key questions remain unanswered, including all…

    Pharmacy guild and govt’s peace deal already at risk after question time protest

    September 5, 2023

    A truce between the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Federal Government could be on shaky ground following another pharmacy lobby group’s protest at Parliament…

    D-day has arrived! The short and curlies of GPs’ new 60-day dispensing powers

    September 1, 2023

    If you were to believe the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, GPs now have pharmacy owners by the short and curlies.  An interesting and unexpected turnaround,…

    Pharmacy prescribing trial protocol for NSW revealed at last

    August 18, 2023

    The trial and treatment protocols for pharmacy prescribing in NSW are now public, two-and-a-half weeks after 1000 pharmacies started offering UTI diagnosis and treatment. The…

    Stopping 60-day dispensing still an option, says Coalition

    August 13, 2023

    The Coalition will launch a fresh bid to overturn Labor’s 60-day dispensing policy after it starts next month, Nationals Senate leader Bridget McKenzie says. The…

    Mark Butler condemns pharmacy guild’s ‘cynical’ aged care crisis prediction

    August 7, 2023

    Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler has denounced a “cynical scare campaign” from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia that says aged care residents…

    Pharmacists get green light to diagnose and treat UTIs in WA

    August 7, 2023

    WA pharmacists with additional training can now prescribe nitrofurantoin or trimethoprim for UTIs, state Minister for Health Amber-Jade Sanderson has announced. Unlike NSW, the WA…

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