Rural student scholarships open
Rural Pharmacy Scholarship applications have opened for 2018 Students from rural and remote locations who are studying pharmacy or are intending to study pharmacy have been invited by the Guild …
Vaping nicotine linked to later smoking
Teenagers who use e-cigarettes with higher nicotine content may be more likely to smoke, new research finds The use of electronic cigarettes with higher nicotine concentrations by high school students …
Assisted dying: ‘the key word here is voluntary’
The Government won’t facilitate the approval of lethal medicines used in voluntary assisted dying, the Health Minister says And a spokesperson for the Pharmacy Guild says that the key word …
Hospital robots left with eight hours’ medicine
Nurses are warning that Royal Adelaide Hospital’s new robotic dispensing system is being under-stocked When the new Royal Adelaide Hospital opened with one of the largest Automated Pharmacy Distribution Systems …
Stigma harms children in LGBTQI+ families
Discrimination, not same-sex parenting itself, is the source of harm to children, say academics and health professionals A group of academics and medical practitioners have written an update for the …
The week in review
It’s been a busy week, with several pieces of legislation affecting pharmacy The guarantee to preserve existing pharmacy location rules was among several measures tabled in Federal Parliament this week, …
No ‘snowflake in hell’s chance’ of approval were codeine invented today
MedsASSIST is “inadequate” and codeine would not be approved were it invented today, the AMA president has said But the Pharmacy Guild says that the decision-making tool deserves to be …
Voluntary assisted dying a step closer
Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill has been passed through the state’s lower house following an emotional debate The introduction of the Bill followed a report by the Ministerial Panel on …
API grows despite tough conditions
More than 20 new Priceline Pharmacies are planned for the current year, API chief Richard Vincent says In announcing its financial year results, API said its growth was set to …
Survey reveals suncare myths
Australians are becoming “increasingly misinformed” about sunscreen, new research has showed Latest statistics from Cancer Council’s National Sun Protection Survey, presented at the World Congress of Melanoma, show that only …
World news wrapup: 19 October 2017
NZ pharmacists oppose codeine upschedule; most Zambian pharmacies operating illegally; Chicago moves to reduce script pressure New Zealand: Radio New Zealand has detailed a debate over the potential upscheduling of …
DOACs have bleeding risk comparable to warfarin
A new type of drug used to treat blood clots does not put patients at a higher bleeding risk than warfarin, researchers have found Recent trials have shown similar effectiveness …