‘Greed just overtook him.’
Following a conviction for stealing drugs including oxycodone and Ritalin, and on-selling diazepam to a man who later took his own life, a pharmacist is now facing a re-started Ahpra …
The April issue
Your April AJP magazine should be arriving in your mail box this week. Let’s take a sneak peek at what’s in this edition Among the highlights in our April magazine …
Tough love
Mandatory notifications: A pharmacy council shares what this pharmacist did when faced with a medical practitioner attempting to self-prescribe diazepam The Pharmacy Council of NSW has shared a case of …
‘Exceptional efforts’ help doctor avoid suspension
A GP has been reprimanded and conditions imposed on his registration after he inappropriately prescribed performance-enhancing medicines The Medical Board of Australia has issued a statement about Dr Craig McCombe, …
‘This is a warning.’
A man beat a pharmacist in an unprovoked assault, claiming the practitioner had teased him by comparing him to a transgender celebrity A man who had lived in Australia since …
What’s on in pharmacy?
The latest events news: why you can’t afford to miss this year’s APP, plus FIP cancelled There has never been a more important time for pharmacists to come together to …
Call to expand vaccination services
With changes already underway in WA in the vaccination space, one stakeholder has called for pharmacy to be enabled to do more From Monday 29th March WA’s Community Pharmacy influenza …
Asthma handbook updated
An updated version of the national asthma handbook has been released The National Asthma Council Australia has updated the Australian Asthma Handbook to assist health professionals to provide appropriate management …
How to handle challenging pharmacy situations with confidence
Catch up on our recent webinar with PSS and PDL professional officers, who share practical tips on handling tricky scenarios in pharmacy Faced with a patient whose demands put you …
From eggs to cells
Australia’s first cell-based influenza vaccine hits the market A new flu vaccine technology is now available to Australian pharmacies and general practices for the first time, with Seqirus announcing availability …
Pharmacist’s fraud ‘unusually sinister,’ says sentencing judge
A pharmacist has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison after she orchestrated a Ponzi scheme which targeted family members and local residents Natalie P. Cochran, a former …
Deception allowed doc to be in ‘two places at once’
A doctor has been reprimanded and disqualified from practice after he allowed an unqualified and unregistered person to act as a doctor The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found that …