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Why do GPs ignore pharmacist advice?
Over half of pharmacist recommendations were not actioned by GPs in this randomised trial Researchers from the universities of Bristol, Bath, Reading, Sydney and Laval have examined the impact of …
20 million miss out
More than 10% of the world’s children are not being vaccinated against preventable diseases such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus, new data show The World Health Organization and UNICEF’s new …
Traumatised pharmacist misappropriated morphine, codeine
A pharmacist has been ordered not to work more than 40 hours a week, after she took medicines from a hospital in 2014 For 10 weeks in 2014, the pharmacist …
New pharmacy student president announced
AJP chats with Erin Cooper from Charles Sturt University, who has been chosen to lead her peers over the next year Twenty-one-year-old Erin Cooper has been elected as National Australian …
Call for pharmacist OCP provision in bulk-billing drought
The oral contraceptive pill should be available over-the-counter, writes a mainstream media journalist – and a Guild spokesperson hopes access could soon be easier Cassandra Morgan, who has recently moved …
Changing of the guard
Anthony White steps down as CEO of TerryWhite Chemmart TerryWhite Chemmart CEO Anthony White announced on Tuesday that he will step down after 11 years at the helm of one …
Let pharmacists take the lead: PSA
This week’s report into polypharmacy highlights the need for regular medicine reviews for older Australians — a task best performed by pharmacists, says the PSA The report, from the University …
‘Community pharmacists may never actually meet the resident.’
Leading pharmacist joins call for colleagues to be integrated in residential aged care facilities – with community pharmacy too separated from the point of care Pharmacist researcher and PSA’s SA/NT …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Safety of Proton Pump Inhibitors in patients receiving rivaroxaban or aspirin In a large placebo-controlled randomized trial, pantoprazole was …
Polypharmacy on the rise
The number of Australians aged 70-plus taking at least five medicines a day has crept up to nearly a million – and pharmacists are in a good position to help …
Fluoridated water not the TGA’s remit
The TGA has issued a clarification saying that state and territory governments will continue to be responsible for regulating fluoride in tap water “Legislative amendments made on 11 July 2019 …
The dismissal
Whether a pharmacy employee was unfairly dismissed involved the timing of sick leave as well as a paid employment trial In March 2019, the former employee of a Queensland TerryWhite …