Location rule certainty
Minister confirms a range of initiatives to boost pharmacy’s primary care role The Federal government is moving to give certainty to community pharmacy over location rules, Health Minister Greg Hunt …
Negotiation or confrontation?
Guild strives to work for a new model for non-script codeine dispensing as profession takes the fight to pollies’ offices The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says it is working on …
Updates to pregnancy drug advice list
What are the 10 new additions to the Prescribing Medicines in Pregnancy database? The TGA has announced that 10 medicines are being added to its Prescribing Medicines in Pregnancy database. According …
Change at the top
NAPSA members have elected their new leadership Victorian student Sandra Minas will be the next President of the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association (NAPSA). Ms Minas, a student at La …
“The time for criticism is over”
Calls for collaboration and support following GP criticism over secret shopper results A recent study published in the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy utilised mystery shoppers to assess whether they would …
Don’t shoot the messenger
The profession must engage in broader health care and social debates, writes AJP Editor Chris Brooker While pharmacy as a profession strives to expand its standing and role in the …
Compounding conundrum
Cautions issued to compounders who broke guidelines over replicating commercial products The Pharmacy Board of Australia has expressed concerns about pharmacists’ breaching compounding guidelines by preparing products that are …
Come gather round people….
Can the worlds of folk music and pharmacy be mixed? It would seem that folk music and pharmacy don’t mix, at least in the eyes of pharmacists who participated in …
The right label
New labelling changes aim to warn consumers about potential allergens The TGA is set to implement new rules to include improved information about potential allergens on medicine labels. While certain …
What’s on?
What’s coming up on the pharmacy event calendar? PSA17 Conference 28 – 30 July 2017 Sydney, NSW Click here Pharmacy Snow Business 2017 5 – 9 August 2017 Mt Buller, …
Guild committees take shape
Election results are in for Pharmacy Guild committees in the two biggest states, with a number of new candidates elected Some new faces will sit on the committees of both …
Cut the crap
Pharmacists are trusted medical professionals, so they shouldn’t sell remedies that lack evidence, article claims Pharmacy bodies such as the PSA need to become more stringent in their opposition to …