Keeping up with the business
We reveal the 10 most read columns from our business experts so far this year While 60 day dispensing again features prominently in one of our half yearly top story …
Hospital concerns met
SHPA welcomes support for post-discharge medicine supply and the successful trial of a new liquid opioid management system A major New South Wales government announcement meets long-standing requests for post-discharge …
Looking at harm minimisation
Methadone, buprenorphine, drug testing, naloxone and more: we discuss the latest views and opinions with a panel of experts Why is the naloxone program not seeing wider take-up? Should pharmacists …
Week in review
Claims government is ‘front loading’ 60-day dispensing, as Ministers prepare to front a pharmacy conference, while complaints grow over the new methadone scheme Debate continued to rage during the week …
Listen here: our top 10 podcasts
A mix of topics feature in our top 10 podcasts for the first half of 2023 These were the ten most opened podcasts for the first six months of 2023 …
What women want
Australian women are increasingly seeing the benefits in having direct access to oral contraceptives through community pharmacy, researchers say A detailed series of interviews with 20 women aged between 18 …
A difficult business
Double dispensing dominates our 10 most read business news stories list, although CWH and pay also feature 60-day dispensing dominates our list of business-themed news stories for the first six …
Pharmacy’s thought leaders
Threatening customers, 60 day dispensing, aged care pharmacy, vending machines and more: the top ten columns so far in 2023 These are our ten most read columns for the first …
Telling us what you think
Which of our stories have attracted the most reader feedback so far this year? Stories relating to 60-day dispensing and the search for affordable medicines have dominated the list of …
Mistaken conclusions about pharmacy report?
How many pharmacies may close due to 60-day dispensing? There seems to be confusion over the number outlined in a recent report Economist Henry Ergas, who authored a recent report …
New NAPSA leadership revealed
Student body announces its executive team for the next 12 months The National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association (NAPSA) has announced its new President and executive team for 2023/24. The new …
Extension to Covid medicine PBS listing
Government announces a new demographic cohort will have PBS access to an anti-COVID medication The Federal government has announced that, from 1 July, the eligibility criteria for PBS access to …