Dire 60-day script predictions fail to materialise As well as saving patients money, more pharmacies have opened than have closed since the policy first came into effect in September 2023.
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 Guild executive director resigns Suzanne Greenwood has announced she is stepping down from her role, four years after she took on the top job.
RACGP to take part in bilateral 8CPA discussions President Dr Nicole Higgins has welcomed the chance for general practice to have a voice in the early stages of the process.
Why 60-day dispensing concerns are overblown Pharmacist-turned-GP Dr Mark Raines explains why he believes many of the measure’s criticisms are exaggerated.
Controversial pharmacy income deal under assessment An agreement that guarantees pharmacies’ income for prescriptions is being reviewed for its ‘fitness for purpose’.
Doubts over Guild push to reduce medicine co-payment The RACGP’s President says the initiative, which will cost taxpayers more than $900 million over four years, will do little to reduce costs for patients and taxpayers.
‘It’s a no-brainer’: Prominent backing grows for extended dispensing In Parliament this week Dr Monique Ryan asked the Health Minister to put in place the 2018 PBAC recommendation for 60-day limits.
Mystery over proposed pharmacy prescribing ‘trials’ NSW pharmacists will be able to side-step the TGA and extend oral contraception by July – but patient safety protections remain unclear.
GPs back renewed push for extended dispensing rules It has been nearly five years since the PBAC recommended increasing maximum dispensed quantities of prescriptions.