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Serious shortages substitution notice
14 May 2020 - Where a serious shortages substitution notice has been issued by the Therapeutic Goods Administration and supported ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2020
Mail order drug delivery rises during Coronavirus lockdowns
12 May 2020 - Shift from visits to pharmacist is expected to endure for some customers when pandemic subsides. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2020
COVID-19: pharmacists and GPs brawl over powers to dispense medicines
11 May 2020 - Chemists are using the coronavirus health crisis to push for a permanent increase in their power ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
Pharmacists welcome medicine review update
21 April 2020 - Elderly people at risk of medicine-related harm will now have their treatments more regularly reviewed by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2020
‘It treats pharmacists with contempt’
16 April 2020 - The therapeutic substitution arrangements in their proposed form are “not workable” and ultimately “unacceptable”, says pharmacy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2020
'Pharmacies run off their feet': people waiting days for prescriptions
17 April 2020 - Some patients are waiting days to have their prescriptions filled, with many community pharmacies struggling to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2020
Pharmacies may only dispense drugs for 90 days
1 April 2020 - As of today, April 1, pharmacies cannot deliver a larger amount of drug than the amount ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2020
COVID-19: Australia Post announces launch of pharmacy home delivery service amid coronavirus crisis
28 March 2020 - Australia Post has announced the launch of its Pharmacy Home Delivery Service to assist vulnerable members ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2020
Change to monthly dispensing
27 March 2020 - PHARMAC has changed Pharmaceutical Schedule rules that restrict the dispensing of funded community medicines to just one ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2020
PHARMAC places temporary dispensing limits on all funded community medicines
26 March 2020 - PHARMAC is placing temporary dispensing limits on all funded community medicines from Friday 27 March 2020. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Mar 2020
No need to stockpile medicines says MA Chief
19 March 2020 - Medicines Australia CEO Elizabeth de Somer has echoed calls by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison, for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2020
Stop panic buying medicines: pharmacists warn
4 March 2020 - The Pharmacy Guild has warned Australians panic buying of medicines will only make existing supply issues ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2020
Changes to dispensing frequency rules and ‘stat’ medicines list
2 March 2020 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal about the frequency of dispensing of pharmaceuticals in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2020
Pharmacists, patients are stuck in the middle of a profit-before-all-else pharmacy racket
24 February 2020 - The news that chaos reigns inside chain pharmacies, putting patients at risk, may have come as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2020
How chaos at chain pharmacies is putting patients at risk
31 January 2020 - For Alyssa Watrous, the medication mix-up meant a pounding headache, nausea and dizziness. ...