Pharmacy’s sporting heroes
We take a look at some pharmacists who have made a name for themselves on the sporting field Jane Crafter Golf champion Jane Crafter was a pharmacist for three years …
Event planning
Check out AJP’s events page for all the latest in news about upcoming pharmacy events Do you find it hard to keep track of the events you’re thinking of attending? …
Getting with the program: pharmacy and the environment
It’s one of the greatest issues of our time, but if you look around the pharmacy landscape, environmental issues hardly rate a mention. However, a dedicated band of pharmacists are …
New board chair appointed
The Pharmacy Board of Australia has a new chair as Bill Kelly steps down Queensland pharmacist Brett Simmonds is the new chair of the Pharmacy Board of Australia, succeeding the …
Taking a stand
Should pharmacy adopt a stronger position on environmental issues? AJP editor Chris Brooker argues that the time is right for pharmacy to take a stand Recent weeks have seen a …
Agenda Setters: Trent Twomey
One of the rising figures in pharmacy politics, Trent Twomey was voted by AJP readers as the eighth leading Agenda Setter in pharmacy The current president of the Pharmacy Guild’s …
A town with no medicines
Minister petitioned by a town without a pharmacy, and more argy bargy over PBS rejections, were parliamentary highlights last week A majority of citizens of the small NSW town of …
Retail giants drove $1 discount uptake
Large discount chains and urban pharmacies are the predominant adopters of the controversial $1 PBS discount, data shows A much higher proportion of scripts have been subject to the $1 …
Pharmacy program gets bigger
MedsCheck costs have almost doubled over the last two years, newly released data reveals The amount paid by the Federal Government in relation to claims made by pharmacists for the …
The price of change
Were pharmacists really inflating codeine prices after upscheduling? Or was it due to workload or economic factors? The Department of Health has told Parliament it is aware of “anecdotal information …
Medicines on the table
Government announces two major new PBS listings The federal government has announced the addition of two new listings to the PBS from 1 November 2018. The new listings are a …
Flying high for health
Recently released data shows the level of travel expenses accrued by Department of Health officials, and by leading health political figures As reported in pharmaceutical industry news website Pharma In …