Pay and career path stagnation sparks strike
Hospital pharmacists were among a wide range of health workers who have gone on strike in WA, protesting about their pay and conditions Members of the Health Services Union WA …
‘We hope to pave the way for more pharmacist-researchers’
Many patients are prescribed opioids for hip and knee pain – but can pharmacists help them taper safely before replacement surgery? Two pharmacists have just been awarded a grant to …
Family violence inconsistent with being a ‘fit and proper person’
A former pharmacist, whose registration was suspended at the time, threw acetone on his partner and threatened to burn the other man’s home down The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal …
World news wrapup: 30 May 2024
Kiwis call for Australian-style pseudoephedrine database; UK National Service teens could do pharmacy work; French pharmacists to strike and protest New Zealand: A petition calling for the launch of a …
‘It is time to stop admiring the problem’
SHPA welcomes patient-focused recommendations in rare cancers Senate report, noting the PBS currently fails many patients The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) says it welcomes the release of …
First Qld contraceptive Pill pilot services to start July
The number of Queensland women accessing UTI services through communities has ballooned to over 10,000, the Guild says “In just over one year, there have been 10,148 occasions of service …
‘Tomorrow is never promised’
Determined to help save the lives of people like the brother she lost, one intern has used her health promotion requirement to get naloxone into homes After completing her Bachelors …
The week in review
Big news in the diabetes and weight loss world this week, with a crackdown on the compounding of Ozempic and Mounjaro Compounding pharmacies are set to be prohibited from producing …
Regulation strengthened in the West
Changes to the National Law as it applies in WA have been passed and enacted The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and the national Boards say this means further strengthening …
$10k boost for Tassie’s public hospital pharmacists
Patients are being let down by pharmacy workforce shortages – but in a bid to attract and keep pharmacists, a new initiative will see them paid $10k Guy Barnett, Tasmania’s …
‘Some pretty extravagant claims have been made’
Ethics, “neurotic housewives” abusing laxatives and a crackdown on medicines advertising: in this week’s look at pharmacy history, we’re living in the 70s May 1974 was a busy month for …
Shortages a ‘major vulnerability’
Some specialists are only finding out about medicines shortages when alerted by pharmacists, patients or social media In its submission to the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s consultation on medicines shortages, the …