Finding your price point
Do you know what your pharmacy is worth? Frank Sirianni explains why it’s important when contemplating a sale Continuing our practice4sale series, Frank Sirianni provides a second tip on how …
Providing support
Curtis Ruhnau recently participated in the PSS volunteer training program. He describes a moving and inspiring experience, one of great importance to all pharmacists Curtis Ruhnau is the PDL representative …
Why I’m excited to be studying pharmacy
A first year student’s perspective By Emily Mannix For as long as I can remember I have wanted to enter the health industry. I romanticised the clinicians who devoted their …
Just like baking a cake
Is there a recipe or formula to get the right product mix in your pharmacy, ask Bruce Annabel & Mal Scrymgeour Bking a cake should be a relatively simple task. …
A question of safety
Leading pharmacy groups are set to join in talks to formulate a joint safety policy, say Chris Freeman and Leanne Wells Next week will see the convening of a Strategic …
Why is my poo green?
Vincent Ho from Western Sydney University looks at a colourful problem It’s happened to many of us at some point in our lives: we finish our bowel movement, look down …
Ready for the market
Frank Sirianni explains how to get a quick and good sale when you’re ready to put your pharmacy on the market For many pharmacy owners, selling their pharmacy is a …
Veterans have poorer mental health than Australians overall.
We could be serving them better, writes Nicole Sadler, from the University of Melbourne A career in the Australian Defence Force (ADF), or the armed forces in any country, can …
Vaping-related lung disease now has a name – and a likely cause
5 things you need to know about EVALI Coral Gartner Associate Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland Wayne Hall Professor and Director, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, …
Focus on chemical restraint, not prescribing rights
Responses by pharmacy organisations to the Royal Commission into Aged Care interim report are not based on evidence, argues Dr Juanita Breen At the end of October the Royal Commission …
Getting up to speed
The need to do more with less is driving automation in pharmacy, says Marta Stybowski, but are we asking the right questions? The growing pressure to achieve more with less …
Q&A: Dr Danial Schecter
‘In terms of Australia, there are mistakes that can be learnt from Canada’: we speak with an expert about the clinical use of medicinal cannabis Medicinal cannabis is a burgeoning …