Consumers confused by codeine crackdown
Consumers have reacted with concern to a news story highlighting the upcoming codeine schedule change On Friday, News Corp journalist Debbie Schipp reported on the imminent “codeine crackdown” following the …
Kidney program wins public health award
Amcal’s Kidney Health Assessment program has been awarded the title of Best Public Health Initiative The award was presented at the annual Prime Awards at a ceremony in Sydney. The …
The week in review
It’s been a week for official announcements in community pharmacy If you’ve been wondering what to do with your leftover low-dose codeine stock next year when these products are upscheduled, …
Robbers bested by sword-wielding pharmacist
A Melbourne pharmacist has been hailed as a hero after fighting off robbers with a plastic training sword But Sam Lee doesn’t advise that pharmacists try to take on violent …
Triad of troubles a health hazard
What conditions are most likely to rob Australians of years of healthy life? Life expectancy in Australia is increasing, but ailments such as depression, diabetes, back pain and other musculoskeletal …
Pharmacy ‘essential’ in AF screening
Pharmacists are being encouraged to talk to patients about atrial fibrilliation, which causes 6,000 strokes every year hearts4heart, which raises awareness about the condition, is rolling out free mobile heart …
New mapping tool from PPDC
The Pharmacy Practitioner Development Committee has released a mapping tool to support the implementation of the National competency standards framework for pharmacists in Australia 2016 In developing the mapping tool, …
Board fees set to rise
AHPRA has now published its National Boards fees for 2017/2018 And while fees were frozen for eight professions, pharmacy wasn’t one of them. The Pharmacy Board – as well as …
Corporatisation, ‘game changing’ interventions highlighted
Pharmacy is becoming corporatised across Australia and similar countries, warns Guild national president George Tambassis Mr Tambassis wrote in this week’s edition of Forefront that there are “a number of …
Guild snubs King Review with own plans for future
The Guild has launched a “thought-starter” paper to introduce a major strategic planning project which it says will help secure pharmacy’s future The paper, called Community Pharmacy 2025 – introduction, …
How pharmacists cope with stress
Pharmacists are a self-reliant bunch – but this means many don’t have solid coping strategies when they’re faced with stress The National Stress and Wellbeing Survey of Pharmacists, Intern Pharmacists …
Exercise safe for non-obese people with asthma
Diet and exercise can help in the management of asthma, new Danish research suggests Small-scale research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress 2017 in Milan, Italy suggested that …
