Pharmacists set to prescribe for shingles under expanded trial
Pharmacists in NSW will soon begin prescribing first line treatments for uncomplicated herpes zoster with an expansion of the trial to include some skin conditions…
Tag: Pharmacy
Greens Senator accuses ‘disingenuous’ pharmacy guild of lobbying for vapes to be made S2
For a group pushing for pharmacists to diagnose more, prescribe more and dispense more, it seems there is one place it does not want to…
It is meant to save billions, but just how many 60-day scripts are GPs writing?
If you have been rummaging around the pre-federal budget news coverage, you may have read about the billions of dollars taxpayers will be saving as…
Guild outraged over political deal to turn pharmacists into ‘vape garbage collectors’
The Federal Government’s snap decision to make vapes an OTC medicine from October has outraged the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, which says treating pharmacists as…
Fed Govt to hand pharmacists $2 billion in compensation for 60-day dispensing
Pharmacies will receive an extra $4.79 per 60-day script dispensed under a new funding agreement with the Federal Government, which has patched up its fractured…
No extra indemnity fees for Qld pharmacist prescribers: Guild Insurance
Pharmacists who start prescribing S4 medicines in Queensland or any other scope of practice pilot will not face higher premiums, according to the leading pharmacist…
Pharmacists to review their own professional titles after being accused of misleading patients
A pharmacy group will review its guidelines for pharmacists calling themselves registrars, residents and consultants after the AMA alleged that some patients had been misled.…
Pharmacists secure UTI prescribing powers in NSW before clinical trial results
The NSW Government will permanently allow pharmacists to diagnose UTIs and prescribe antibiotics despite not seeing the results from its 10-month trial. From 1 June,…
Pharmacy academic Prof Lisa Nissen leading scope of practice review’s $1.2 million research team
Professor Lisa Nissen, whose controversial work opened the door for pharmacy UTI prescribing, is leading the expert research team behind the Federal Government’s Scope of…
Pharmacists ‘muddying the waters’ by using resident and registrar titles, doctors claim
A new pharmacy college offering resident, registrar and consultant titles is running the risk that patients believe pharmacists are medically trained, says a former RACGP…
