SA cracks down on vaping
The South Australian Government has banned the online advertisement, promotion and sale of e-cigarette products Minister for Health and Wellbeing Stephen Wade said this is a move towards limiting pathways …
More Australians can access diagnostic test results online
Health care providers can now see patients’ pathology and diagnostic imaging reports and test results grouped together on My Health Record This means better support for clinical decisions and patient …
Pay to go up
It’s October – which means a pay rise for employee pharmacists getting the Award wage, as a “major” new pay case is announced Professional Pharmacists Australia has highlighted that the …
New listings
Patients with intestinal failure associated with Short Bowel Syndrome and those suffering spasticity in the upper limbs will have access to greater medicinal support, thanks to new and amended PBS …
‘Adapt or perish’ as CWH expands in NZ
The New Zealand media warns of a “bloodbath” in the pharmacy sector, as Chemist Warehouse advertises for staff in two new locations Stuff reports that the Australian discount giant is …
‘Are they on a power trip?’
Pharmacists are “overstepping moral boundaries” by asking their patients questions, a freelance writer has claimed Using examples from the US where pharmacists had conscientious objections to dispensing certain medicines, freelance …
The week in review
Pharmacists around the world celebrated World Pharmacists’ Day this week, including with launches in Australia Here’s how pharmacists in Australia celebrated the day… and here’s what pharmacists around the world …
Recurring non-compliance: compounding warning
The Victorian Pharmacy Authority says it continues to find cases of complex compounding being undertaken in inappropriate circumstances The VPA highlighted the issue of complex compounding in its latest circular, …
New compounding resources for NSW
A new checklist and guidance for non-sterile complex compounding have been released in NSW The Pharmacy Council of NSW says it is pleased to announce the launch of its Compounding …
‘Serious deficiencies’—four panel hearings
Expired compounding starting materials, storing S8s outside a drug safe and using open baskets which could pose a risk to privacy were all subjects raised at recent Panel Hearings The …
Pharmacists should be embedded wherever there are medicines: McBride
The head of the Australian Digital Health Agency has given pharmacists two examples of how My Health Record prevented serious adverse outcomes Members of the PSA gathered at the Hotel …
Celebrating pharmacy around the world
Pharmacists all around the world got together—on social media or at the FIP conference in Abu Dhabi—to showcase the profession and celebrate their day International Pharmaceutical Federation president Dominique Jordan …