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Thursday 04 May 2017
Today’s issue of PD
Pharmacy Daily today has three pages of news plus a full page from MIMS.
Hail to the King Federal Shadow Health Minister Catherine King will deliver a keynote address at the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s upcoming PSA17 annual conference taking place in Sydney. King will speak on Fri 28 Jul and highlight the Labor Party’s National Health Platform and “vision for the pharmacy sector” ahead of the next Federal Election. PSA national vice president said the Society was pleased to hear of Labor’s commitment to honour the 6CPA during King’s speech at the recent APP conference, as well as a promise of “early and inclusive negotiations towards the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement”. PSA17 will also include an appearance by pharmacist and former Australian Comic of the Year, Marty Wilson - psa17.com.
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Codeine stockpiling alert
Guild slams News Ltd
THe Pharmacy Guild has responded swiftly to New Limited the practice could The Victorian articles published earlier this week Pharmacy Authority spread,” the VPA which claimed “greedy chemists” said, reminding (VPA) has issued are forcing patients to pay more a formal warning pharmacists they by denying them the optional must personally about consumers $1 discount on PBS prescription deliver or personally attempting copayments. to stockpile supervise the supply The Guild has in the past noted of any S3 product, S3 medicines that offering the $1 discount simply containing codeine, in the lead-up and provide directions for its use. Communiqué means patients reach the safety net to the rescheduling of the products “Relevantly, the supply must be threshold more slowly, with the net for therapeutic use after taking all as prescription only next year. 31 March 2017 effect the same. In a circular to pharmacists the reasonable steps to ensure that this latest Guild a therapeutic need the met on 14InMarch VPA said “the decisionThe to transfer Victorian Pharmacy Authority (theexists,” “Authority”) 2017stoush, at the Authority offices. executive director David Quilty has Authority added. non-prescription medicines that Recent Panel Hearings written to the editors of the various contain codeine into Schedule 4 MEANWHILE the VPA also noted newspapers, saying the claims by has generated attempts by codeine “serious common deficiencies” Victorian Pharmacy Authority held two panel hearingsreporter in February Sue 2017. Dunlevy are incorrect. habitués to use agentsThe to purchase highlighted during inspections of “On the contrary, pharmacies are stocks of them for reward”. pharmacies in the state, including Hearing 1 working in partnership with the The Authority cited an allegation a failure to routinely scan all Two pharmacists in partnership were reprimanded for carrying a pharmacytobusiness without Federalon Government deliver very where a person had used an ondispensed medicines. premises being registered and without the owners having been granted a licence to carry on large medicine price reductions of to sub line marketplace to recruit people “Given theThe well-known problems business at those premises. owners had lodged the appropriate applications but failed 50% or licence more through to visit pharmacies andthe purchase associated ‘look-alike soundrequired notifications andwith pay the associated registration and fees. PBS reforms. “The low take-up of the optional items such as Nurofen Plus and alike products’ as well as selection Comment. of eligible persons to carry on a pharmacy business andreflects registration of premi $1 discount simply the fact place them in a letterbox, with a Licensing errors and storing products, where are cornerstones of the Pharmacy Regulation Act 2010 and are fundamental to the legislative reg that the sickest patients understand commission paid to the agent. the first few letters are the same, it and the Authority’s policies and guidelines. These are in the public interest as their absence undermi is no net benefit for them21) as provi “The Glen Waverley area has is surprising pharmacists the suitability of premises andthat thesome practice of pharmacythere in Victoria. The Act (section means theyperson take longer to reach been identified at the penalties time of of 240 penalty do notunits take (approx. full advantage of the $37,300) in the caseit of a natural and 1,200 penalty u Net,” Quilty wrote.on oth this Circular going to press, but$186,500) scanning technology,” VPA said.In thistheir (approx. in the case of a bodythe corporate. casePBS theSafety pharmacists had relied
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(d) in keeping records of transactions of Schedule 8 poisons in a timely manner;
(e) in restricting the display of Schedule 3 poisons containing codeine to one shelf facing of smallest commercial package of each product in accordance with the Authority’s Guideline
(f) in ensuring that the confidentiality of discussions between the pharmacist and the client; an
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(g) in remedying deficiencies noted at a previous inspection by (i) omitting to initial filling reco of dose administration containers; and (ii) not providing an additional or larger safe to s Schedule 8 poisons.
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