PGA Newsletter – Vol.2 No.16 2nd May,2012
AustraliaHarm minimisation in community pharmacy The Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s Victoria Branch and independent not-for-profit health organisation Anex will sign a Memorandum of Understanding at Martin Didzys’ Pharmacy in Altona tomorrow. Both…
PGA Newsletter – Vol.2 No.15 26th Apr.,2012
AustraliaGuild and NACCHO working together The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and the PharmacyGuild of Australia have developed a joint position paper aimed at maintaining and improving access to important medicines…
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Scorecard
AustraliaMay 2012 - PBS expenditure now falling in real termsFigure 1 Recent PBS data shows no growth in real terms - Growth in government expenditure on the PBS in the 12 months to 31 March 2012 was just 0.8%. After adjusting for inflation, currently…
Delivering and Growing Pharmacy Professional Services
Australia19 April 2012 With ongoing pressure from government to contain health costs especially the PBS, pharmacy faces significant business and professional challenges to remain a strong and viable component of the Australian health sector into the…
Type 2 Diabetes Funding for Victorian Pharmacists
Australia13 April 2011 Mark Feldschuh, Victorian Branch President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed Diabetes Australia-Vic’s latest initiative to engage pharmacists in the holistic management of diabetes in Victoria. Diabetes…
Role of Pharmacists in Men’s Health
Australia12 April 2012 The crucial role pharmacists play in helping men deal with health issues has been highlighted in the latest edition of the magazine Men’s Health. The feature, titled Good Chemistry says: “Your pharmacist could be the…
PGA Newsletter – Vol.2 No.14 18th Apr.,2012
AustraliaThe treatment of asthma in Australia remains inadequate and could be improved by tailoring an individual’s treatment and educating them on inhaler technique, a leading asthma expert says. Writing in the latest edition of Australian Prescriber,…
PGA Newsletter – Vol.2 No.13 11th Apr.,2012
AustraliaParents and carers of children with asthma are being urged to take the condition more seriously as new data reveals asthma-related deaths among under 15-year-olds have more than doubled since 2006. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics…
Guild and NACCHO Working Together
Australia20 April 2012 The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia have developed a joint position paper aimed at maintaining and improving access to important medicines for Aboriginal…
New-Look Rural Pharmacists Australia Alliance
Australia19 April 2012 Four prominent Australian pharmacy organisations – the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA), the Australian College of Pharmacy (ACP) and National Australian Pharmacy Students’…