Did wave of protest fail to break?
Did the community pharmacy sector actually rush to express worry about the proposed Chemist Warehouse-Sigma merger, as expected? In March 2024, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission opened an “informal …
Pharmacy triumphs in ‘particularly inspiring’ contest
Camden Day and Night Pharmacy Wins 2024 Australian Small Business Pharmacy Champion Award Camden Day and Night Pharmacy has been nationally recognised in the 2024 Australian Small Business Champion Awards, taking top …
NIPVIP payments to be indexed
The health minister has announced that pharmacists will be funded to provide free flu and other NIP jabs in aged care and disability homes And the NIPVIP payments for pharmacists …
The week in review
An update from the Scope of Practice Review, Chemist Warehouse news and conscientious objection hit the headlines this week The Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce – Scope of …
The dangerous waters of gifting
Can I accept gifts from my patients? What happens if they leave me something in their will? The AJP takes a look at boundaries around accepting gifts A recent article …
Skill and judgement needed on opium
An impersonation scandal, the fate of “Rat Biskett” and some tips on opium for smoking all made the news in April 1904 That month, we reported on a special meeting …
Think naloxone beyond opioids, expert warns
A pharmacist expert on opioids is calling for an “urgent upscale” in harm minimisation, following two coroner’s recommendations on illicit drug use Coroners Ingrid Giles and Simon McGregor have recommended …
World news wrapup: 18 April 2024
Mexico exports illicit fentanyl but impacted by licit shortage; opposition to freeing of US pharmacist who diluted cancer drugs; Malta government acts behind closed doors on pharmacy, greens say Mexico …
Melbourne’s pharmacy perfume heist
Instead of targeting drugs or cash, two Melbourne offenders have allegedly swiped around $25,000 worth of perfume from a pharmacy “We’ve got a witness appeal following a pharmacy burglary that …
Atropine, soundalike reminder
In its latest newsletter, the Pharmacy Board takes a look at some common dispensing errors – and atropine is singled out once again “System-based strategies may help reduce the risk …
Eliminate out-of-date regulatory barriers, pharmacists say
The red tape preventing pharmacists from helping their patients needs to be cut, according to one pharmacy stakeholder The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has released its Pharmacist Prescribing position statement, …
‘The highest level of pharmacy practice’
A rural pharmacist with a key role in palliative care, a proponent of professional services, and a former Registrar of a state Pharmacy Board are among those honoured by the …