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Finding those with influence
Help us identify the most influential people in pharmacy today How does one define influence? According to the Macquarie Dictionary it is: “1. invisible or insensible action exerted by one …
The AJP celebrates its 140th birthday
See the picture gallery from our recent 140th birthday event The AJP celebrated its 140th year at an event, sponsored by Pharmabroker Sales, and held at the Hyatt Regency Sydney …
Pharmacists key in dementia management: PSA
Ahead of Dementia Action Week (21-27 September), the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is reinforcing its commitment to supporting pharmacists’ role in managing the condition PSA says that the role pharmacists …
Services must provide a return: Twomey
Funding will be key to the expansion of the profession’s scope of practice, Guild leader says Australia must appropriately fund pharmacy’s core function of dispensing and additional services, if the profession …
Pharmacies facing phishing attacks
“Cyber criminals do not need to break down the front door” to access pharmacies’ IT systems, “they simply borrow the keys from someone else”, an expert says Pharmacists are being …
The week in review
Inappropriate dispensing, patients skipping doses and mental wellbeing in the pharmacy were among the topics our readers were interested in this week New data is making it easier for the …
Pharmacists and conscription
It’s September 1916, the world is at war, and the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy is looking at whether or not pharmacists may be exempted from conscription More than two years into the …
Medicines expertise: a conversation for the profession
Pharmacists are often described as medicines experts, but what does that expertise look like in practice? This article invites reflection on how medicines expertise is developed, demonstrated and recognised in …
Only claim for dispensed medicines: PBS
Data analysis is giving authorities a clearer picture of when pharmacies submit inappropriate claims to the PBS, as the government aims to clamp down on fraud Pharmacists are being warned …
dRx series: deprescribing antidepressants in older people
Amanda Quek and Amy Page
How does long-term use of antidepressants affect older patients? Amanda Quek and Dr Amy Page take a look Deprescribing is defined as a person-centred process of medication withdrawal intended to …
Pharmacists still underutilised in harm reduction: PSA
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed the recent report for the inquiry into the health impacts of alcohol and other drugs in Australia The report was published this week …
NSW Health ‘committed’ to expanding scope
GP’s resignation from an advisory group will not deter NSW Health from “safely extending the scope of practice for pharmacists” in the state A GP who resigned from NSW Health’s …
Fake peptide alert after patient suffers torn oesophagus
A serious adverse event from an unapproved weight loss product prompted the medicines regulator to renew its warnings A new alert has been issued about counterfeit ‘retatrutide’ weight loss products, …