Online health, beauty shopping up 34.4%
Health and beauty is one of the strongest online growth industries – and even late adopters of technology are embracing it Roy Morgan Research has taken a look at online …
Amazon enters pharmacy market
Pharmacies need to start protecting themselves from Amazon now, as its entry into Australia is “almost inevitable,” says one expert If the online giant was able to enter the Australian …
Mandatory reporting of shortages looms
The Pharmacy Guild and Medicines Australia have both welcomed the introduction of legislation for mandatory reporting of medicine shortages Health Minister Greg Hunt has introduced the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2018 …
World news wrapup: 28 June 2018
A third Chemist Warehouse for New Zealand; Welsh-speaking pharmacy program for Gywnedd; UK considering online pharmacy crackdown Auckland: Chemist Warehouse is continuing it rollout across the Tasman with a third …
Woman dumps poo at Chemist Warehouse
A woman abused staff at a Chemist Warehouse and dumped a bag of human faeces on the pharmacy’s counter The Courier-Mail and Daily Mail report that a woman has faced …
Thunderstorm asthma showed what pharmacy does
Stakeholders have urged pharmacists to talk to patients with asthma and allergy about thunderstorm asthma The calls have come during the inquest into the deaths of 10 people during the …
Certainty needed to employ with confidence
COSBOA has called for Labor not to roll back tax cuts for small businesses if elected Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has confirmed Labor’s stance on tax cuts for business, saying …
Safescript only the first step
Victoria has added codeine to its Safescript real-time monitoring program in a move welcomed by the PSA State Minister for Health Jill Hennessy said that laws coming into effect on …
DDS expands health food concept
Discount Drug Stores is set to partner with FRED NXT for its new retail platform Discount Drug Stores announced a range of new retail concepts and technological advancements at its …
‘People did not know what to do.’
Health professionals were not very aware of thunderstorm asthma when the November 2016 event took place, one expert says An inquest has begun into the thunderstorm asthma event, which took …
Towards culturally appropriate medication reviews
A new initiative is set to help improve medication management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Equitable access and effective use of medicine is critical to closing the gap …
The importance of saying sorry
PDL has issued guidance on how, and whether, a pharmacist should apologise to an unhappy patient “Sooner or later most pharmacists can expect to be presented with a complaint,” PDL …