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Pharmacists Division GPO Box 1272, Melbourne VIC 8060 163 Eastern Road, South Melbourne VIC 3205 Phone: 03 9695 8800 Fax: 03 9696 8904 Email: pharmacist@apesma.asn.au |
PHARMACISTS' DIVISION – PRESS RELEASES
Pharmacist wages increase slightly for now - 16 August 2010
 (74KB)The latest market rates remuneration report for pharmacists shows a small increase in the average base hourly rate of 1.8 per cent to $38.20. APESMA media release |
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A roadmap to nowhere – 16 March
2010
(101KB) The [Pharmacy] Guild has said it will release ‘The Roadmap - The Strategic Direction For Community Pharmacy". Based on the Guild's recent efforts, [APESMA] suspects it will be a road to nowhere. Considering the so-called “great outcomes” from the fifth Guild Government Agreement, we can have little confidence. APESMA media release |
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Clarification of the eRx system - seeking answers to questions – 22 February
2010
(129KB) APESMA recently raised significant issues regarding the deficiencies in the Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement being negotiated by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. In particular, that it continues the dispensing model of practice for pharmacists and introduces a 15 cent subsidy, by taxpayers, for each prescription electronically transmitted from the doctor to the pharmacy. APESMA media release |
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The Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement - lost opportunities for the
community – 16 February 2010
(144KB) Why does the Pharmacy Guild of Australia persist with a dispensing model of pharmacy practice? The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has negotiated a deal with the Federal Government, under the Community Pharmacy Agreement that has secured the continuation of its one size fits all dispensing model of pharmacy practice for the next five years. APESMA media release |
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