The week in review
The debate about scope of practice continued this week, plus decisions on Covid boosters and several medications Scope of practice is still top of mind, with Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
Box cutter robbery a ‘cry for help’
Crime roundup: A man has been sentenced over his robbery of a Chemist Warehouse with a box cutter, while another’s spelling error tipped pharmacists off to his fake script Newcastle, …
Vast amounts of drugs prescribed ‘incompatible with life’
The dispensing of a lot of fake scripts could have been avoided, if one doctor had acted on a pharmacist’s concerns A Tribunal has heard how a patient walked off …
Case highlights issue of when to retire
A doctor’s practice has been called “lazy” and “sloppy” after he treated himself and a close family member for a decade The Medical Board of Australia has issued a statement …
World news wrapup: 9 February 2023
Tainted drugs sold in Mexican pharmacies; calls to scrap NZ script copayment; Canadian college slaps chain with largest ever fine Mexico: The Los Angeles Times reports that pharmacies in northwestern …
‘Our members understand the impacts of paracetamol poisoning.’
Pharmacists working in hospital have a real understanding of the consequences of paracetamol poisoning, says the SHPA Last month (3 February), the Therapeutic Goods Administration announced its interim decision to …
Plan to end ‘simply unacceptable’ discrimination
PSA wants pharmacists to think about how they treat their LGBTQIA+ patients The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has launched its Equality Statement, calling for pharmacists to reflect on how they provide …
What now for psychedelics?
Following the TGA’s decision to reschedule MDMA and psilocybin to S8 for certain specific conditions, what will change for pharmacists? The recent TGA decision means that the two psychedelic substances …
Rego lost for rifling through the RUM bin
It was “uncontroversial that I did take a few rubbish tablets returned by customers,” said a pharmacist who faced a Tribunal over his theft of pregabalin from a RUM bin …
Why these Alice Springs pharmacies stopped selling hand sanitiser
An Alice Springs late night pharmacy has cut back its hours for the safety of its staff, while retailers remove hand sanitiser from their shelves When hand sanitiser first sprang …
‘Very poor error of judgement’ lands pharmacy owner in jail
A fraud case involving more than $100,000 stemmed from a pharmacy owner’s anxieties about his business debts, a Court has heard A Melbourne pharmacist has appeared before the County Court …
Psilocybin and MDMA to join S8… under certain circumstances
Australia is to recognise psychedelics as medicines, following a TGA decision on psilocybin and MDMA The Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced that it will permit specifically authorised psychiatrists to prescribe …