Pharmacy Guild of Australia - NT Branch

Pharmacy Guild of Australia - NT Branch The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is the national peak body representing community pharmacy, supporting our members and Australia.

The Northern Territory Branch represents the members of the NT.

๐Ÿšฝ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ (23 March โ€“ 15 June 2026)Community pharmacies support people every day with bladde...
27/04/2026

๐Ÿšฝ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ (23 March โ€“ 15 June 2026)

Community pharmacies support people every day with bladder and bowel health, and knowing where public toilets are can make a real difference to confidence, independence, and wellbeing.

Run by ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ, the Great Dunny Hunt encourages Australians to add or update public toilets on the National Public Toilet Map.

๐Ÿ”น 7.2 million Australians live with bladder or bowel issues
๐Ÿ”น Many conditions can be treated or better managed
๐Ÿ”น Better toilet access helps people get out and about

Help by updating a toilet at ๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐˜๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ.๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ.๐—ฎ๐˜‚ and go in the draw to ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ $๐Ÿญ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜?
๐Ÿ“ž National Continence Helpline: 1800 33 00 66
๐ŸŒ continence.org.au

๐Ÿ’‰๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ (๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ - ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ)"๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ"๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ and your local comm...
25/04/2026

๐Ÿ’‰๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ (๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ - ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ)
"๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ"

๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ and your local community pharmacy makes it easy. Last year, 1 in 4 vaccinations were given at community pharmacies. More Australians are choosing pharmacies to protect themselves and their families.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป:
โœ…Check your vaccination records
โœ…Give advice on what you may need
โœ…Provide vaccines such as flu, measles, shingles and RSV

Some people can receive free vaccines through the ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ if theyโ€™re eligible. People living with longโ€‘term conditions like heart disease, lung disease, diabetes or immune conditions are ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

๐Ÿ“ Find a vaccinating pharmacy near you at www.findapharmacy.com.au

๐—”๐—ก๐—ญ๐—”๐—– ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†"๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต"Today we pause to remember all Australians and New Zealanders who have served, and those who ma...
25/04/2026

๐—”๐—ก๐—ญ๐—”๐—– ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†
"๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต"

Today we pause to remember all Australians and New Zealanders who have served, and those who made the ultimate sacrifice. We honour their courage, service and the enduring spirit of mateship that continues to shape our nation.

We remember them, always.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.You may want access to dispensing, workforc...
22/04/2026

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

You may want access to dispensing, workforce and business information before you begin โ€” but no documents need to be uploaded.

โœ… Financial data is provided in ranges
โœ… You can select โ€œUnknownโ€ where needed
โœ… Allow around 25โ€“30 minutes

๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†: guild.org.au/census2026

Waiting weeks for care isnโ€™t just frustrating โ€” it can make people sicker.In a ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ opinion piece, NT Bran...
20/04/2026

Waiting weeks for care isnโ€™t just frustrating โ€” it can make people sicker.
In a ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ opinion piece, NT Branch President Peter Hatswell reflects on what he has seen over decades working as a community pharmacist in Alice Springs: people needing help early, for everyday health issues, and having nowhere to turn in time.
The piece explores why enabling pharmacists to do more for patients โ€” within a clear, safe and regulated framework โ€” can improve access to care, particularly across the Northern Territory.

"๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†?" ๐Ÿ“†๐ŸŒก๏ธQCPP requires minimum and maximum temperatures to be recorded every day to pr...
19/04/2026

"๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†?" ๐Ÿ“†๐ŸŒก๏ธ
QCPP requires minimum and maximum temperatures to be recorded every day to protect vaccines and temperatureโ€‘sensitive medicines.

Members can access the full QC2020 requirement via the QCPP Portal. (๐˜˜๐˜Š๐˜—๐˜— ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต 4.1.6)

โš ๏ธ Real Time Prescription Monitoring is mandatory in the Northern TerritoryNTScript is the territory's RTPM service. The...
16/04/2026

โš ๏ธ Real Time Prescription Monitoring is mandatory in the Northern Territory

NTScript is the territory's RTPM service. There is a legal requirement for every pharmacist to check when presented with a prescription for a schedule 8 or monitored medicine.

Using NTScript can help reduce the risk of harm while ensuring appropriate access for patients who genuinely need monitored medicines.

Why RTPM? ๐Ÿ’Š
โœ…Safer prescribing and dispensing practices
โœ…Provides an opportunity to identify and reduce risk of harm
โœ…Allows health professionals to make informed decisions based on real-time data
โœ…Promotes engagement with patients to support safer use of these medicines

More information for Pharmacists can be found here ๐Ÿ‘‡
https://loom.ly/XzpojUo

The ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€ helps build a clear picture of how community pharmacy operates today โ€” and where future sup...
15/04/2026

The ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€ helps build a clear picture of how community pharmacy operates today โ€” and where future support is most needed.

The Census covers five key areas, including services, workforce, business operations and your engagement with the Guild.

โœ… Takes around 25โ€“30 minutes
โœ… No documents uploaded
โœ… Financial data collected in ranges only

๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†: guild.org.au/census2026

"๐—œ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ?" ๐Ÿ“‘๐Ÿ’ปAll staff involved in supplying S2 and S3 medicines must complete initial traini...
13/04/2026

"๐—œ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ?" ๐Ÿ“‘๐Ÿ’ป
All staff involved in supplying S2 and S3 medicines must complete initial training plus ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ under QCPP.

Members can access the full QC2020 requirement via the QCPP Portal. (๐˜˜๐˜Š๐˜—๐˜— ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด 3.3.10 ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 5.2.2)

09/04/2026

Pharmacy Guild NT Branch President Peter Hatswell was interviewed on Mix 104.9, where he highlighted how community pharmacies can help improve patient outcomes in the Territory ๐Ÿ’ก

Pharmacy Guild of Australia - NT Branch Pharmacy Guild National President - Trent Twomey

โฐ ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ!Nominations are open for the 2027 National Pharmacy Awards ๐ŸŽ‰Do you know an outstanding:โญCommun...
07/04/2026

โฐ ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ!
Nominations are open for the 2027 National Pharmacy Awards ๐ŸŽ‰

Do you know an outstanding:
โญCommunity pharmacist
โญCommunity pharmacy
โญStudent pharmacist
โญPharmacy intern
โญPharmacy assistant

๐—”๐—ป๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ can take a few minutes to recognise their impact by nominating now on:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://findapharmacy.com.au/awards
๐—ก๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ and go on to represent their jurisdiction at ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ (18โ€“20 March, Gold Coast), where a national winner is chosen.

๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐Ÿด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ? Don't wing it. ๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ—‘๏ธSchedule 8 medicines must be destroyed under strict NT requirements, including ...
05/04/2026

๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐Ÿด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ? Don't wing it. ๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ—‘๏ธ
Schedule 8 medicines must be destroyed under strict NT requirements, including appropriate witnessing and documentation. Incorrect disposal can trigger regulatory action.

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