Right guidance never more vital
A newly updated pharmacy practice standard for general medicine has been released by Advanced Pharmacy Australia The standard sets out best practice principles and professional standards for pharmacists working in …
‘There has to be a better way of doing this’
A pilot study has examined how hospital pharmacists see the factors which contribute to medicine-related problems at transitions of care A focus group of hospital pharmacists from a large Australian …
World news wrapup: 24 July 2025
Pharmacist drops off unlabelled meds at a Dairy Queen for patient; pharmacist warned over unregulated gender affirming drugs dispensing; alcoholism provokes Ozempic theft UK: The General Pharmaceutical Council has issued …
Pharmacist’s ‘serious, flagrant, deliberate, repeated’ behaviour earns reprimand
A Melbourne pharmacist has come out of the ‘rabbit hole’ of Covid conspiracy theories, she has told a tribunal The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard that the pharmacist …
Online retailers taking paracetamol shortcuts: Guild
Community pharmacy’s record of safe provision of medicines is being undermined by “unchecked” online delivery services, the Guild warns A spokesperson for the Pharmacy Guild’s Queensland branch says the organisation …
Higher subsidies for rural pharmacists as WA pilot begins enrolments
Eligible pharmacists are now able to enrol in WA’s Enhanced Access Community Pharmacy pilot, in a move welcomed by sector stakeholders Western Australia’s Cook Government calls the project “a key …
Script safety warning as criminals focus on discarded info
Criminals are actively targeting discarded documents such as prescriptions which contain patient information, the government warns The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has issued a reminder to health professionals …
Flashback Friday: Are there too many pharmacists?
It’s the 1930s, and Australia really needs to get serious about regulating arsenic, writes the AJP, after a confectioner mistook it for icing sugar Our July, 1935 edition was packed …
New MM2025 Scholarships to support diversity across profession
Applications are now open for four new travel scholarships to attend Medicines Management 2025, says AdPha Advanced Pharmacy Australia has announced four exclusive travel scholarships to support attendance at Medicines …
Flashback Friday: On the national good
It’s the mid-50s, and the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy is concerned with opportunities for pharmacists to help the general public… as well as the end of heroin, a new APF …
Third win in a row for Southern pharmacy team
A poster outlining a project to optimise antimicrobial stewardship through weekly virtual reviews has won accolades for one pharmacy team NSW Health has congratulated Southern NSW Local Health District’s pharmacy …
World news wrapup: 10 July 2025
English “neighbourhood health centres” to include pharmacists; US hospital pharmacist jailed for animal cruelty and drug theft; contraceptive options dwindle in Russia Essex, England: Pulse Today has reported that some …