Sunday pay cuts to start 1 July
Pharmacy workers could see their pay being cut in a matter of weeks, following the Fair Work Commission’s decision on phasing-in dates The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) …
‘HIV flourishes in the shadows of stigma.’
Could a new trial by NSW Health, allowing people to collect their own blood sample at home and send it for an HIV test, improve testing rates? In a move away from …
Hidden heart risk of colds and flu
More Australians are beginning to understand why the flu is dangerous – but few are aware of its link to heart attack Dr Lorcan Ruane, Resident Medical Officer at the …
The week in review
We take a look back at the week in pharmacy Over the weekend, Valium 5mg in blister packs of 50 tablets was recalled due to tampering, in a case which …
Should cigarette sales go back to pharmacies?
A New Zealand study suggests that only tobacconists—and pharmacies—should sell cigarettes New University of Otago research has examined the views of smokefree experts throughout New Zealand, and suggested that restricting …
Meet Canberra’s singing pharmacists
Canberra’s singing pharmacists might be having a lot of fun, but their musical numbers have a serious side The Wanniassa Whitecoats have been wowing customers and Facebook followers with their …
‘I want to burn the pharmacy, I want to blow this up.’
A Melbourne pharmacist talks to AJP about the threats to burn down her pharmacy which ended in a siege The Pharmacy Como was set to close in half an hour. …
Waikiki named top Discount Drug Store
Waikiki Discount Drug Stores has been named DDS’ Pharmacy of the Year at the banner group’s conference in New Caledonia DDS announced its national store awards and national supplier partner awards …
Push vaccination and hygiene, not OTCs: expert
There’s “not a lot” of evidence for most cold remedies or a role for vitamins and supplements in fighting colds and flu, an expert says Professor Robert Booy, who is …
Pharmacy: health destination or shop
When is a pharmacy a retail shop? That’s the question that was posed in Busselton, Western Australia, when a development application for a medical centre was knocked back because it …
Meningococcal vaccine update
More than half a million doses of Sanofi’s meningococcal vaccine, Menactra, have arrived in Australia The vaccine is indicated for people from two through to 55 years, to protect against …
Pharmacists in “unique” position to reduce fall risk
Falls are behind the vast majority of external-cause deaths among Australian nursing home residents, study finds The retrospective study of a cohort of nursing home residents used routinely recorded coronial data …
