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HAVE YOU SUFFERED FROM PREMATURE APPLICATION?
Part VII of the National Health Act 1953 (Cth) regulates the operation of the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) by, in part, controlling the number and distribution of pharmacies approved to supply subsidised medicines under
THE SHIFTING SPACE OF PHARMACY
By now you will have started receiving your PBS reimbursement minus the on-line fee. Most of you will not have felt the decrease because the opportunity of substituting generics in the dispensary continues to support
UNFAIR DISMISSAL CLAIMS UNDER FAIR WORK
The referral by the States of their industrial relations powers to the Commonwealth, earlier this year, means for pharmacy that the employer/employee relationship in most if not all cases is governed by the Commonwealth Fair
TAX IS AN OUTCOME – PLAN FOR IT!
Following on from my last article when I was referring to the current trading conditions, it is apparent that the economy and general trading conditions in pharmacy are not as buoyant as previous years. Add
WHAT DO NEW CARS AND PHARMACY FRANCHISES HAVE IN COMMON?
When I recently raised this question with a colleague, he initially looked at me strangely and wondered whether I had “lost my marbles”. I re-assured him that I was fine and that my question was
BEWARE THE STING IN THE RECOVERY
For many retailers, 2009 was a difficult year, with deep discounting and sluggish or patchy sales. Yet pharmacists performed better than most, enjoying better growth than just about everyone else, with the exception of takeaway