There’s no ‘ME’ in leadership
Leadership is the decision to take what you believe in and act on it while inspiring those around you to do the same, writes Sandra Minas Imagine that you’re a …
An inferior solution
A better solution is needed for codeine-containing medicines says Warwick Plunkett, in our final UTS Pharmacy Barometer article Responses to the UTS Barometer survey about the removal of over-the-counter (OTC) …
Meds information at your fingertips
New medicines handbook app launches Australian health professionals now have a new option for accessing medicines information with the release of the new AMH App for Desktop from the Australian Medicines Handbook. …
10 Factors to Consider when Buying a Pharmacy
Buying a pharmacy is no small feat, but here are 10 tips on key things to consider, by leading pharmacy broker Natalie Sirianni There are many steps in the process …
My big Canadian pharmacy adventure
Elise Apolloni shares what she learnt on her trip to ‘community pharmacy nirvana’ In search of what was bigger and better in the world of community pharmacy, I decided to …
Aiming for the top
Meet the three teams competing in the Guild’s National Student Business Plan final in early September The winner of the award will be announced at Pharmacy Connect after the three …
Hippocrates or hypocrisy?
The renewed call by doctors’ groups to open up pharmacy ownership to non-pharmacists beggars belief given the medical profession’s own experiences with corporatisation, says Anthony Tassone For reasons we can …
Who is leading the way?
Nominations are now open for the 2018 Innovative Pharmacist of the Year Award This annual award was initiated by UTS Pharmacy in 2012 in order to recognise, reward and celebrate those pharmacists …
Our concerns about clinical pharmacy funding
A letter sent to PSA on 8 August 2018 by the Small Pharmacies Group about the GP pharmacist model The Small Pharmacies Group has raised important questions about the GP practice …
CWH co-founder is wrong on deregulation claims
Recent comments by Chemist Warehouse’s Damian Gance could undermine the credibility of the profession, writes Paul Jaffar The Inquiry into the establishment of a pharmacy council and pharmacy ownership in …
At sixes and sevens
Consumer surveys that tell you how satisfied pharmacy customers are with the service they receive are rubbish, say Bruce Annabel and Mal Scrymgeour Recently one of us commented that some …
Ten habits of people who lose weight and keep it off
Most people who diet will regain 50% of the lost weight in the first year after losing it. Much of the rest will regain it in the following three years. …