Digital image-based scripts for SA
South Australia is the latest jurisdiction to allow pharmacists to dispense medicines without a hard copy paper script Pharmacists in South Australia have been given the go-ahead to supply prescription …
COVID-19 could drop kids’ vaccination rates
Nearly half of vaccinating parents have doubts about their child receiving a flu vaccination from a pharmacy in the future, new data shows A new study published in PLOS One …
Doing business under COVID: API reports results
API says it is well placed to compete in an environment affected by COVID-19, citing the success of initiatives like Priceline’s Click and Collect API presented its 2020 half-year results …
Pharmacies hit hard by pandemic slowdown
Chemist Warehouse and Priceline are reportedly asking for “massive” rent reductions, as API warns that pharmacies could close and one industry expert says some stores are severely impacted by the …
Sad about APP? Here’s a silver lining
The Pharmacy Guild’s Queensland Branch has found donated items including teddy bears and food to charity, after the goods could not be used for its flagship conference The Guild has …
Uncertainty keeps pharmacy on edge
What factors are causing pharmacists the most distress during the COVID-19 pandemic? The Pharmacists’ Support Service normally receives around seven to 10 phone calls a week from pharmacists who are …
‘Oversight’ leads to condition on registration
A pharmacist who failed to maintain professional indemnity insurance cover while he practised for four months has been found to have engaged in unprofessional conduct The pharmacist had been a …
World news wrapup: 23 April 2020
Pharmacist arrested over alleged Molotov cocktail firebombing plot; rugby player suspended after dispensing error; England expands COVID-19 testing Virginia, US: Nebraska pharmacist Hyrum T. Wilson has been arrested and charged …
Docs should resist hydroxychloroquine temptation, say experts
Doctors shouldn’t prescribe hydroxychloroquine for family and friends to treat COVID-19, write a group of authors including prominent pharmacists In Australian Prescriber the authors, who include Associate Professor Ian Coombes, …
Stuck pharmacy burglar called cops for help
A burglar, with stolen tablets hidden in a sensitive part of his anatomy, had to call police for help after he broke into a pharmacy and couldn’t get out again …
New review guidelines
PSA has updated its QUM and medicines reviews guidelines, in a “timely” move just after these were expanded The PSA announced in a statement that it has updated its practice …
Reprimanded pharmacist too tired to speak
A pharmacist was under pressure to limit dispensing time and sell add-ons when he stole medicines for family, a tribunal has heard A pharmacist has been reprimanded and ordered not …