July 2026
News
In this issue
| See you at PSA26 |
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| Feeling unprepared for EOFY stocktake? |
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| Do you have upcoming changes to your business? |
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| This Month's PBS Changes |
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See you at PSA26
Visit us at PSA26 for a live demo of Fred Dispense Plus and our smarter integrated solutions designed to elevate pharmacy workflows and enhance the customer experience, including Worx .
Integrated directly within Fred Dispense Plus via the AppBar, Worx helps keep every dispensary task on track. With real-time prioritisation, workload management, virtual patient baskets, automated messaging, and professional service integration, it enables safer, more efficient workflows and supports expanded clinical care.
A must-see session:
Sat 1 Aug 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Smarter systems. Sharper care
Speaker: Kristina Fox, Director, Excipient
Sponsored by Fred IT Group
Technology is reshaping the way pharmacists work, creating more time for clinical care and less time for administrative tasks. Digital innovation is now central to improving efficiency, accuracy and patient outcomes across all areas of pharmacy practice.
This session explores how emerging technologies and integrated systems can streamline workflows, reduce duplication and free pharmacists to focus on decision-making and patient engagement. Learn how smarter systems are changing the rhythm of pharmacy practice and what the future holds for technology-enabled care.
Feeling unprepared for EOFY stocktake?
The Interactive Stocktake Helper for Fred Office Plus helps you plan a clear, step by step process tailored to your pharmacy, across dispensary and front of shop.
Important reminder for department stocktakes
If you plan to do a department stocktake, make sure that all product items are assigned to a department. Otherwise, items will be missing from your stock count.
How to make sure items are assigned to departments in Fred Office Plus
- Select Reporting > Inventory Reports > Item Pricing Details.
- Click Open Report.
- Select the No Department checkbox and then click Run Report.
- For each product item in the list, assign it to a department:
- Double click an item to display the stock card.
- Select a Department.
- Click Save and Close.
As a shortcut, you can do this in bulk using the Quick Action Wizard. Select multiple lines, then right-click, select Perform Quick Action and then follow the steps in the Wizard.
Do you have upcoming changes to your business?
Are there any upcoming changes to your business? These may include:
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Store Details – Store name, approval number, ABN, address, or brand/group
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Contact Details – Changes in ownership, business partners, or primary contact information
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Account Changes – Updates to billing contact details or payment options
Here are some guides to help you through the process:
This Month's PBS Changes
For the full Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits, go to the PBS website at http://www.pbs.gov.au/ where you can search the schedule by drug name.
For your convenience, we've also uploaded a printable summary of this month's important PBS changes to this site.
The next edition of the PBS Summary of Changes will be published here on 1 July.
For Highly Specialised Drugs (HSD) items (CAR and non-CAR), please refer to the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits as well as Services Australia to confirm whether the PBS item code for a HSD is eligible to be dispensed and claimed by your pharmacy type.