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‘A step backwards’: Another pharmacy pilot made permanent

‘A step backwards’: Another pharmacy pilot made permanent

The initiative continues to cement itself into Australian healthcare, with a Victorian pilot both expanded and made permanent, but the RACGP warns of compromised patient safety.


Queensland pharmacy pilot reaches training milestone

Queensland pharmacy pilot reaches training milestone

One hundred community pharmacists are reportedly fully trained and authorised to participate, but the RACGP says it ‘rings alarm bells’.


Sixty-day scripts slow to find favour: Study

Sixty-day scripts slow to find favour: Study

With a significantly lower-than-expected uptake, an RACGP expert says this could be caused by software impediments, complexity over medication eligibility, and patient views.


Queensland makes pharmacy prescribing permanent

Queensland makes pharmacy prescribing permanent

The RACGP has called out the decision to make the pilot programs a permanent fixture, raising concerns about patient safety and the precedent it sets.


Deprescribing campaign focuses on environmental gains

Deprescribing campaign focuses on environmental gains

Advocacy backed by the RACGP highlights the benefits of deprescribing to both patients and the planet.


Dire 60-day script predictions fail to materialise

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.


UTI pharmacy prescribing goes nationwide

UTI pharmacy prescribing goes nationwide

The initiative can now be accessed across Australia, leading a furious RACGP President to say, ‘that’s just not good medicine’.


Priceline cervical cancer screening plan draws fierce criticism

Priceline cervical cancer screening plan draws fierce criticism

A pilot program enabling patients to self-test inside the pharmacy giant’s stores has infuriated GPs who said it goes against the core values of the national screening program. 


NSW and SA further expand pharmacy prescribing

NSW and SA further expand pharmacy prescribing

A contraceptive pill pilot has been made permanent in NSW, as SA announces significantly expanded prescribing options, and it has left GPs worried.


RACGP slams sweeping pharmacy scope expansion

RACGP slams sweeping pharmacy scope expansion

NSW pharmacists will be allowed to autonomously treat several more conditions, in an unexpected move labelled ‘reckless’.


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