Ownership rules review in WA
Concerns about corporate discount pharmacies have sparked a review into pharmacy ownership laws in Western Australia WA Health Minister Roger Cook has launched a review of pharmacy ownership, with public …
Searching for meaning: one pharmacist’s Kokoda lessons
Orange pharmacist Jennifer Culverson has been named joint winner of the 2017 Spirit of Kokoda Award A question from her father prompted Ms Culverson’s quest to find a greater purpose …
Pharma company payments revealed
Pharmacists are among health professionals getting payments from pharma companies… but it’s peanuts compared to that pocketed by GPs and nurses An exclusive report by ABC medical reporter Sophie Scott …
TerryWhite Chemmart app to launch
TerryWhite Chemmart is set to get its own digital app, as EBOS announces an investment in MedAdvisor Digital medication management company MedAdvisor has received a $9.5 million investment from EBOS …
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 …