The Latest Breaking News from Pharmacy Guild of Australia

'Patients miss out': calls for reform to pharmacies

Australian pharmacies should be subjected to a host of reforms, a report suggests, including removing restrictions on where they can be built to improve access.

AAP · Jul 13

Unfair fees and low competition: why the pharmacy sector needs a shake up

The average Australian visits a community pharmacy 18 times a year – more than any other health service.

The Conversation · Jul 12

Push to free up GPs with more pharmacist prescriptions

Letting pharmacists write medication scripts could save $1 billion in health costs and free up 10 million GP visits a year, a report has found.

AAP · Jun 8

Pharmacy Guild unleashes robocalls, text messages and posters opposing PBS changes

Patients say they are distressed and disappointed after receiving calls warning of prescription medicine shortages "due to the Albanese Labor government".

ABC News · May 9, 2023

Here's why pharmacists are angry at script changes – and why the government is making them anyway

Australians will soon be able to fill two months’ supply of medicines at their community pharmacy, rather than one, for 325 common medicines. This change is expected to halve the cost of prescriptions for six million Australians.

The Conversation · May 1, 2023

Ulcerative colitis diagnosis sends Sammie Brown, 23, on mission to make poo less taboo

Sammie Brown, 23, is a self-proclaimed "poo lady" living with a chronic disease that she can't always afford to treat. She's already helped to lower the cost of subsidised medicines, but she hopes her story can be about more than saving money.

ABC News · Mar 25, 2023

Hazzard COVID call 'very thorough': Chant

NSW Chief Health officer Kerry Chant has stood by investigations into a possible exposure of the health minister to COVID-19 at parliament house in 2021.

AAP · Nov 24, 2022

NSW government moves to increase pharmacists' powers amid doctor backlash

NSW pharmacists will be able to administer more vaccines from tomorrow, as part of a wider plan to increase their powers.

ABC News · Nov 13, 2022

Calls for COVID-19 antiviral medicines to be made more easily available without GP appointment

In some other countries, eligible COVID patients can get antiviral medication from pharmacies without a prescription from a doctor — but that's not the case in Australia, and a shortage of GPs in some areas is making access even harder.

ABC News · Jul 19, 2022

Calls for West Australians to get fourth COVID-19 jab amid fears of 'complacency' and winter surge

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is warning "complacent" West Australians to get their fourth COVID jab ahead of a predicted surge of winter cases.

ABC News · Jul 11, 2022