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 …
Low pay biggest stressor
On RU OK? Day today, AJP takes a look at what’s stressing you out Following the release of the findings of the National Stress and Wellbeing Survey of Pharmacists, Intern …
World news wrapup: 14 September 2017
How pharmacy handled Hurricane Irma; GPs and pharmacists scuffle over flu service; ‘errant’ Malaysian pharmacists threaten GP business Florida, US: The outpatient pharmacy at Florida Hospital Orlando was one of …
What to do with your codeine stock after 1 February
The TGA has advised on codeine stock management following the upcoming reschedule to prescription only The TGA has updated information for wholesalers, sponsors and retail pharmacies regarding the upscheduling of …
Poll: are GPs and pharmacists really at war?
Do the “turf wars” between GPs and pharmacists really matter at the grassroots level? Every week, it feels like GPs and pharmacists are at loggerheads again – whether the issue …
A deadly concoction
A Victorian man has been self poisoning with around 17.32mg of cyanide daily in a bid to fight cancer Apricot kernel is a “commonly taken extract” used for a range …
Aussie initiatives shine in FIP report
Australian pharmacy innovation has been highlighted in a global report launched today by FIP It’s a “powerful endorsement” of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia’s role in driving pharmacy …
Pharmacy documents abandoned at old hospital
Two pallets’ worth of pharmacy documents were left unsecured on a loading dock at the old Royal Adelaide Hospital The Adelaide Advertiser reported that a man went for his morning …
A tale of two petitions
There’s over 1700 kilometres between these two pharmacies, but they’re doing the same thing: hosting a petition to save GP services in their town Calliope, a town of around 3000 …