Pharmacist wins $36.8m in damages
Regularly having to forgo work breaks and overtime pay and being expected to fund her own vaccination training, this pharmacist filed a claim – and won California pharmacist Afrouz Nikmanesh …
Up to eight years for Canberra crime spree
A man has been jailed for up to eight and a half years after he ram-raided pharmacies, racking up 30 offences in five days Canberra media have reported on the …
Urgent call for COVID protection
The World Health Organization and partners have issued an urgent call for concrete action to better protect health and care workers worldwide from COVID-19 and other health issues The organizations …
Sigma readies its RATs
Sigma Healthcare says it is now taking pre-orders for COVID-19 at-home Rapid Antigen Testing Kits The move will ensure its network of customers, across all wholesale and community pharmacy brands, …
New system for Sigma
Healthengine and Amcal and Guardin have announced a new partnership to rollout Healthengine’s Patient Appointment Management System The pair say that as the COVID-19 vaccination effort builds with community pharmacy …
Taking care of your mental health
PSS encourages pharmacists to join a virtual mental health symposium As part of National Mental Health Month, October 2021, the Mental Health Foundation of Australia is holding a Virtual Pharmacists’ …
‘Incredible oversupply’ of codeine
A former pharmacy owner is awaiting a Tribunal decision on penalties after it heard her patient was receiving the highest amount of codeine in Victoria The Herald Sun reports that …
Robber threatened things could ‘get messy’
A man who robbed a pharmacy with a tomahawk has appealed his sentence – with success The Supreme Court of Queensland has heard the case of Joshua Watson, who pleaded …
New treatments on the horizon
Australian Government secures thousands of doses of new therapy provisionally approved for treatment and prevention of COVID-19 The Australian Government has secured access to two additional COVID-19 treatments to support …
SHPA lauds techs
Hospital pharmacy technicians have been stepping up at the core of the COVID vaccine rollout, says SHPA The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia is celebrating the crucial role of …
Guild partners for coal industry health
The NSW coal mining industry’s health organisation, CS Health, is partnering with community pharmacists The agreement means COVID-19 vaccination doses will be available with little or no wait times, close …
Baricitinib update
New monograph released to guide safe treatment of serious COVID-19 symptoms The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has brought forward the release of streamlined information on the safe administration …