Aye Karumba! Rural competition winner named
Karumba Pharmacy in North Queensland has been named the winner of the Pharmacy Guild’s 2018 video competition for rural and remote pharmacies across Australia The competition gave rural and remote …
Scope of practice ‘contentious’ but must grow: King
For the first time, Labor’s new National Platform sets out a role for the pharmacy sector, says Shadow Health Minister Catherine King Speaking at the Australian Pharmacy Professional conference on …
Tim is top intern
Tim Stewart has been named Intern of the Year for 2018 The winner of the MIMS/Guild Intern of the Year Award was announced this morning at the Australian Pharmacy Professional …
Southcity Pharmacy Wagga Wagga is Pharmacy of the Year
Southcity Pharmacy Wagga Wagga has been named as the 2018 Pharmacy of the Year at the Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference 2018 The pharmacy is also the winner of the Excellence …
World news wrapup: 2 May 2018
“Purple drank” robber foiled; pharmacy in North Korea; alleged price-fixing in New Zealand Wauna, Washington State: It was stacks on for a would-be thief in Washington State over the weekend, …
Cash to quit in ‘social contract’ pilot
Three Tasmanian pharmacies are set to offer a novel quit smoking program in which quitters receive financial incentives to kick the habit Pharmacies in the Glamorgan Spring Bay area – …
Pharmacists acting like ‘street drug dealers’
A London pharmacist allegedly sold “hundreds” of Class C controlled prescription medicines to an undercover reporter, the Daily Mail claims Pharmacists are acting like “street drug dealers,” and “flooding the …
Pill test trial uncovers deadly ingredients
The pill testing medical service at Groovin the Moo Canberra has been hailed as a success after “deadly” substances were found in pills Australia’s first pill testing trial took place …
Poll: has there been a ‘significant net addition’ to your role?
Has your role changed and its scope increased enough to justify an increase in the award wage? Last week, the AJP reported on the Pharmacy Guild’s submission to the Fair …
Shortages protocol mooted
A proposed protocol for managing and communicating medicines shortages has the backing of the SHPA Under the changes suggested by the TGA, medicine suppliers would be required to report all …
The week in review
The Fair Work case was a hot topic this week, as was the perennial topic of flu vaccination The Pharmacy Guild‘s George Tambassis wrote to members explaining the organisation’s submission …
Ad mentioning codeine comes under fire
Advertising for an ibuprofen/paracetamol combination painkiller is under investigation, says mainstream media… but are the allegations true? A spokesperson for the Federal Health Department reportedly told the Daily Telegraph that …