Young pharmacist’s tax leads the way
What caught our readers attention at APP2022? These were our most clicked stories from the conference Once again APP provided a bonanza of interesting news, information and education. The chance …
Back for another term
Pharmacist Emma McBride retained her lower house seat with an increased majority at last weekend’s Federal election Ms McBride retained the NSW central coast seat of Dobell with a swing …
Changes to the schedule
Mouth ulcer treatment and flurbiprofen to be downscheduled, TGA announces The Therapeutic Goods Administration has confirmed that the mouth ulcer treatment choline salicylate is to be downscheduled to Schedule 2 …
What’s on your mind?
Reports of mass burnout among hospital pharmacists, the leaking of a report into the Queensland UTI trial and the federal election provoked reader comments recently Overworked, understaffed and burning out: …
The top 10
Controversial comments, legal issues and regulatory changes were top of our readers’ concerns in recent weeks Comments by the Guild national president on accreditation fees led our list of the …
Future uncertain for leading QUM group
NPS MedicineWise calls on government to review decision to cut its funding, arguing it has delivered over $1.1 billion in direct savings for the PBS and MBS NPS MedicineWise has …
Finding new pathways
Vaccinations have shown what pharmacy can do, so what’s holding back other services? The latest UTS Pharmacy Barometer explored some that were not taking off As of October 2021, around …
Addiction: how do we minimise harm?
Angelo Pricolo hosts a panel of experts who answer our readers’ questions about addiction medicine and pharmacy’s role in harm minimisation AJP invited a panel of leading addiction medicine experts …
Pharmacist, heal thyself
Pharmacists need to look to their own mental health, and look also to that of their colleagues, advises Curtis Ruhnau As well as being a pharmacy owner, NSW pharmacist Curtis …
A focus on men’s health
“The men’s health stuff you just don’t talk about…” Pharmacy of the Year winners explain how they’ve succeeded in an area ignored by many pharmacies AJP spoke to Brad Butt …
Demand skyrockets for medicinal cannabis
There has been a massive jump in the number of patients receiving medicinal cannabis through community pharmacy Medicinal cannabis use in Australia has skyrocketed in the last 12 months, according …