Five pharmacists have been honoured in this year’s Australia Day Order of Australia Awards.
They are:
Professor William Neil Charman was awarded the Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to tertiary education, particularly to the pharmaceutical sciences, and to professional organisations.
Colonel William James Kelly (Retd) also has been made a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for his significant service to pharmacy through a range of roles.
Dr Peter Raymond Carroll has been made a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for significant service to pharmacy education, and to community health
Community pharmacies around Australia are being invited to join the nation-wide effort to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to millions of Australians over.
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Boosting support for pharmacies in Dubbo
Pharmacies in Dubbo will for the first time receive $3,000 per year from the Federal Government’s Regional Pharmacy Maintenance Allowance (RPMA) program.
Federal Regional Health Minister and Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton said changes to the Coalition’s RPMA program will help maintain access to medicines and pharmacy services in Dubbo.
“Community pharmacies, like Orana Mall Pharmacy, play a vital role delivering medicines and essential health services for the third of Australians who live in regional, rural and remote areas,” Minister Coulton said.
“They continue to do a tremendous job supporting the health and wellbeing of regional patients and this is certainly evident during natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Active Prescribing – Coming 1 Feb 2021
As of 1 February 2021, all eligible PBS and RPBS prescriptions will need to include the active ingredient, followed by brand if the prescriber believes it is clinically necessary.
The goal of Active Ingredient Prescribing is to help people understand what medicines they are taking. Under new medicine regulations, doctors must include the active ingredient names when preparing prescriptions for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation PBS (RPBS) medicines. This will mean most medicines will be prescribed by their active ingredient, not the brand name.
The Department of Health has changed legislation to require the inclusion of active ingredients on all PBS and RPBS prescriptions, except for: