‘It’s about time we as a profession gather data to advance our professional services.’
COVID-19 has provided a key opportunity to gather insights into patients’ thoughts on vaccination A group of pharmacy academics and PhD students from the University of South Australia are exploring …
Pharmacists give jabs in Qld schools
Australian-first onsite school COVID-19 vaccination program commences in FNQ Queensland’s push to increase vaccination numbers amongst school-aged Australians has been boosted by the commencement of an Australian-first program. Similar to …
‘There needs to be some sort of assistance.’
A representative of the Country Women’s Association has called for funding for locums to retain access to pharmacy services The CWA and pharmacy stakeholders told a virtual hearing of the …
Man jailed over ‘horrible incident’
A man has been jailed over an August attack on a group of pharmacy workers, saying he could not explain his aggressive actions In August, Craig Thompson had gone to …
The week in review
Vaccine passports, vaccine mandates and vaccine incidents all made the headlines this week We heard the latest from the QILT Graduate Outcomes Survey, showing a low grad salary for pharmacy …
Pharmacist allegedly murdered over COVID jabs
A US pharmacist has been shot and killed, by a man who allegedly believed health providers are “poisoning people with COVID vaccines” US media have reported on the case of …
Wesfarmers makes a move
Wesfarmers has bought nearly 20% of API, in the latest move in the war to acquire the wholesaler On Thursday Wesfarmers made the announcement that it has acquired 95.1 million …
World news wrapup: 7 October 2021
Irish pharmacist slams “show trial” over Facebook like; US licence exam bungle; jail over $17m in claims for unnecessary compounded meds scripts Dublin, Ireland: A pharmacist has slammed allegations against …
New health leader for Qld
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland Branch President, Chris Owen, has welcomed confirmation that Dr Krispin Hajkowicz will become Queensland’s next Chief Health Officer Queensland’s current CHO, Dr Jeannette Young, …
QR codes could become ‘flashpoint for customer abuse’
Threats, abuse and violence in and around shops have skyrocketed since the pandemic began, new figures show Data compiled for the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employee’s Association (SDA), which represents …
Guild congratulates Dominic Perrottet
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has congratulated Dominic Perrottet on his appointment on Tuesday as Premier of NSW National President of the Pharmacy Guild Trent Twomey said Mr Perrottet had …
The week in review
As some parts of the nation under lockdown take steps to open up, rapid antigen testing in pharmacy was big news… and so were suggested changes to the PBS copay …