Bill likely to see pharmacy ownership status quo remain Updated Queensland legislation is expected to maintain ‘anti-competitive’ ownership and location rules, despite RACGP opposition.
Pharmacy diabetes trial creating ‘serious concerns’ The RACGP has slammed a plan to screen for the disease in pharmacies, saying it could fragment care and put vulnerable patients at risk.
Nearly 100 medicines added to 60-day dispensing list Treatments for diabetes, epilepsy, breast cancer, and menopause are among those now eligible for a longer prescription.
Shingles management added to pharmacy prescribing pilot Victorian pharmacists can supply treatments from next month, but one GP says ‘fearless’ evaluation is key to the trial's success.
Medicine reforms save patients $250 million: Health Minister The past 12 months have brought a raft of changes to 60-day dispensing, the PBS, and bulk billing, but the sector is still crying out for funding.
‘Never been a worse time’ for pharmacy prescribing to expand South Australia has announced during World AMR Awareness Week that community pharmacists will soon be able to prescribe antibiotics to treat UTIs.
Questions persist around pharmacist prescribing education The RACGP has once again raised serious concerns about diagnosis and training, as a second round of consultation on the changes kicks off.
ED presentations for UTIs surge in wake of pharmacy prescribing New figures show there were nearly 12,000 additional presentations between April 2022–23 compared to 2020, when the scheme was introduced.
Pharmacy prescribing decision ‘makes no sense’ A pilot program set to dramatically extend pharmacists’ prescribing powers has been expanded, even before the first cohort has completed training.
Supervisor recruitment issues contradict Guild claims about NQ Pilot Recent comments that local GPs are ‘very supportive’ of pharmacy prescribing do not appear to match the reality on the ground.