Docs must get better on diabetes, says expert
Increasing the use of novel and well-established drugs would offer a significant opportunity to reduce harms caused by diabetes, a new report shows Modelling by the Baker Heart and Diabetes …
Give us the NIP
Another leading pharmacist has called for wider availability of NIP flu vaccines from pharmacies David Heffernan, president of the Pharmacy Guild’s NSW Branch, spoke out in local media over the …
Telehealth ‘set to stay’
More than 200 pharmacy and medical students have fulfilled course requirements at Griffith University via telehealth The University says that the students are “getting their first taste of telehealth” as …
The week in review
COVID-19-related issues like hydroxychloroquine were still making headlines this week, but the sector was also looking to the post-pandemic future The Pharmacy Guild‘s Suzanne Greenwood wrote about the issues the …
Police roundup
Three pharmacy break-and-enters involving large rocks or pieces of concrete could be linked, say police Police are investigating possible links between three break-and-enters at pharmacies in Logan and the Gold …
Regular casuals still ‘short changed,’ says union
Following a high-profile industrial relations case, the pharmacists’ union has accused employers of failing to switch long-term casual workers with regular hours to permanent full and part-time work The comments …
‘Please do not follow the lead of the President of the United States.’
Following the latest remarks from the President of the United States regarding hydroxychloroquine, the RACGP has urged Australians not to seek it out to try and cure or prevent COVID-19 …
‘Who takes responsibility for errors?’
RACGP shares concern over pharmacist metformin substitution plan, saying substitution without prescriber knowledge “leaves gaps in continuity of care” With current shortages for multiple brands of metformin modified-release 500mg tablets …
‘Never waste a good crisis:’ is rapid change good change?
The Pharmacy Guild has had its concerns about the “token” system for paperless scripts addressed, it says, but therapeutic substitution worries remain COVID-19 has been a “catalyst” for rapid-pace change …
World news wrapup: 21 May 2020
Floaters could turn US pharmacies into COVID-19 “hotspots;” arrested pharmacist “may have been trying to get out of work” via alleged bomb hoax; UK pharmacy not thrilled with Government’s COVID-19 …
7CPA negotiations ‘very heavy going’
Guild national president George Tambassis has offered a glimpse into negotiations for the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement, and thanks members for their work during a very tough year Speaking in …
‘I’m going to ruin your life.’
A medical practitioner has been reprimanded and suspended after he sent harassing and insulting messages to a woman he had pursued as a romantic partner A medical practitioner, Dr L, …