The gender debate: poll
New report prompts debate about the representation of women in pharmacy leadership The relative absence of women in leadership roles in pharmacy has again been raised as an issue after …
Mixed findings from codeine review
A review into the safety and efficacy of OTC codeine-containing medicines reports mixed findings The Australian review concluded that the drugs do provide significant pain relief but with little evidence of …
APP top 10: the Guild’s view
With visits from the Health Minister and the Remuneration and Regulation review panel chief, APP 2016 was always going to be huge. Here Pharmacy Guild of Australia executive director David …
Australia’s ‘finest drug dealers’
Pharmacists ‘welcomed’ in unusual promotion Those who have ever attended an APP conference will know that Broadbeach in the vicinity of the conference center and Jupiters becomes a kind of …
Vitamin recall
Vitamin batch recalled due to possible incorrect tablet inclusion A single batch of Betamin 100 mg vitamin B1 tablets is being recalled by the TGA, in collaboration with manufacturer Sanofi. …
Busting seven employment myths
Community pharmacy owners commonly make a number of incorrect assumptions about employment legal requirements Speaking at APP2016, Tina Scrine, industrial relations manager of the Guild’s Queensland branch tried to ‘bust’ …
APP – the story in tweets
What twitter was saying about APP2016 The social media wires were running hot at APP 2016 – the biggest event of the pharmacy year. Here’s a selection of some of …
PDL Practice Alert
A MESSAGE LOST IN SPACE In December last year, PDL sent out a practice alert to its members warning them of one of the pitfalls in dispensing that was identified …
Is pharmacy a shopping destination?
You must be compared to other retailers, review chief tells pharmacists The federal government’s ongoing review of pharmacy remuneration and regulation must consider community pharmacies as retail outlets, its chairman …
All bets are off, says review boss
All bets are off for remuneration and regulation, review boss tells pharmacists Community pharmacy has to ask confronting questions about how it operates, what it sells, what it is willing …
APP2016: the 10 best quotes
“The days of handing out prescriptions like you’re flipping hamburgers are gone for ever” Carlo Berardi, chair, Canadian Pharmacists Association “How can you invest or commit to your pharmacy if …
Consultation crisis: lack of suitable rooms hamper services
Barely a quarter of QCPP accredited pharmacies have suitable consult space, Guild data reveals. Speaking at APP2016 today Pam Price, group executive Pharmacy Transformation at the Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
