Northern Territory celebrates its best
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia Northern Territory Branch has announced the Territory’s most outstanding contributors to community pharmacy for 2026 These awards recognise excellence in pharmacy practice through leadership, innovation, …
New toolkit for optimising pharmacy jabs
FIP has launched a new toolkit to support countries in advancing pharmacists’ roles in vaccination and improving access to life-course immunisation Vaccination remains one of the world’s most effective public …
A host of awards
AdPha is now celebrating members’ achievements, conference awards, winners of the AdPha Resident of the Year, and newly renamed KC Leong Memorial Registrar of the Year In the closing plenary …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Optimising pharmacological management of the febrile child Fever in children is a regulated physiological response with a protective role, not a …
Man guilty of holding himself out as medical practitioner
Anyone with information regarding a man who pretended to be a general practitioner is asked to get in touch with the regulator The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) has …
‘Few professionals have both perspectives’
Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award winner Dr Jonathan Penm has told colleagues why pharmacists are perfectly placed as researchers… and advised they have fun along the way Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) …
First technician wins AdPha Medal of Merit
AdPha calls award-winner Tara Clayson-Fisher a “trailblazer for the profession” as she becomes the first tech to take out the prestigious award Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) awarded Tara Clayson-Fisher FANZCAP …
New protections for complainants
It is now an offence to retaliate against anyone who raises concerns with regulators, Ahpra has announced People who alert regulators to concerns about health practitioners will have greater protection …
‘Technology enhances accuracy, but it cannot replace empathy’
AI and other technologies will play a big role in health care as they evolve… but can’t replace the compassion and expertise of a pharmacist, says this year’s Fred J …
PPA backs Tasmanian hospital walkout
All hospital pharmacists performing collaborative prescribing or partnered charting should receive compensation for doing so, says union Following this week’s walkout by around 70 members of the Health and …
Pay-related attrition could send pharmacy back to ‘dark days,’ says union delegate
One hospital was a leader in partnered charting – but due to wage-related staff shortages, the service has now had to stop completely On Tuesday (25 November 2025) members of …
World news wrapup: 27 October 2025
Sanctions interrupt medicines availability in Iran; Netherlands closes online pharmacies; Irish pharmacist faces inquiry Iran: Because of international sanctions placed on Iran, pharmacists and patients are now facing a series …