How did the college advocate for members last month? The Federal Budget, pharmacy prescribing and new dedicated MBS item numbers for smoking cessation all elicited an RACGP response.
Practice owners conference offers ‘best of both worlds’ The RACGP is hosting its first major in-person event since 2019.
‘Unsafe and unnecessary’: RACGP opposes down-scheduling of the pill The college has said the ‘doubtful benefits’ of removing the need for a GP prescription do not outweigh the risks.
RACGP opposes pharmacy push for permanent continued dispensing The college has said a better and safer way to increase access to medicines under emergency situations would be to increase to the number of drugs included in the doctor’s bag.
GPs slam ‘worrying’, ‘opportunistic’ pharmacy COVID testing trial Queensland Health is pushing ahead with the planned trial despite concerns for the safety of pharmacists and the wider community.
GPs ‘horrified’ at latest pharmacy proposal The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has suggested ‘non-urgent’ emergency department presentations be directed to community pharmacy.
Active Ingredient Prescribing to become mandatory from 1 February GPs have been reminded to update their clinical software in order to continue issuing legal prescriptions.
What GPs should watch out for when ePrescribing GPs have called for careful uptake of electronic prescriptions due to privacy concerns and the complexities for patients with multiple medications.
‘This is a bad idea and puts staff and the public at risk’: Pharmacists resist COVID testing The Pharmacy Guild-backed plan for COVID testing in Queensland has hit a major roadblock – pharmacists.
Electronic prescribing now available across Melbourne The long-delayed rollout has been prioritised in Victoria in response to the state’s COVID-19 outbreak.