APP2023
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The APP in a minute and a half
WholeLife Pharmacy Cairns wins POTY for Excellence in Business Management
Differentiation, customer service, and investment in staff are what set this innovative pharmacy in tropical Queensland apart from others Just a tiny fraction of the 65-strong team at WholeLife & …
Unique challenges and innovation: POTY winner Thursday Island Pharmacy
In many ways Thursday Island pharmacy is the same as every other pharmacy in Australia – their patients ‘just happen to live on 18 different remote islands’ This unique geography …
Interns to join prescribing trial
Pharmacy interns working in participating pharmacies within the North Queensland Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot (NQPSPP), could be diagnosing patients by March 2024 Pharmacy graduates undergoing their intern training through …
Covid jabs likely ‘for the foreseeable future’
The need for Covid boosters won’t go away – but convincing Australians to be vaccinated is a challenge, says one expert Dr Paul Griffin, infectious diseases physician and microbiologist, told …
Feminised workforce opting for part-time roles
Increasing numbers of pharmacists are working part-time adding to the profession’s ongoing workforce shortage, a Pharmacy Guild of Australia national councillor believes While Pharmacy Board of Australia registration data shows …
Rents hit by inflation
Spike in rural rental prices revealed by report, while inflationary pressures are hitting rents especially hard in one state While the status quo has been maintained in terms of …
Time to deliver on 7CPA promises: wholesalers
Funding arrangements for pharmaceutical wholesalers in the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) are not being honoured, an industry leader says Wholesalers are being short-changed by failures to honour the “the …
Your daily dose of APP2023: day three
Surprising data about the future pharmacy workforce, Turia Pitt’s advice on unmasking your full potential, and the overall theme of this year’s APP event – it’s all here in your …
Australia still prone to “radical” shortages post-pandemic
GBMA’s Jane Halton says pandemic lesson is pricing, lack of market influence and geography still leave Australia’s medicines supply vulnerable A senior pharma industry leader has warned Australia is still …
Your daily dose of APP2023: day two
The second day of APP2023 brought heavy hitters discussing the state of the industry, praise for the Guild and government from the Health Minister, and a reassurance that ‘everything will …
Quirky video comes out on top
Pharmacy 777 Port Hedland in Western Australia is the first prize winner for Best Video in the Pharmacy Guild’s 2023 ‘Why I Love Rural Pharmacy’ video competition The contest was open to …
‘Outstanding ambassador’ named top intern
The Intern of the Year award was announced at this year’s APP conference on the Gold Coast: Kamilaroi woman Georgina Morris Morris received the Pharmacy Guild of Australia/MIMS Intern of …
