Out and about with measles
People infected with measles have visited a Sydney Chemist Warehouse and a Perth TerryWhite Chemmart The South Eastern Sydney Local Health District has issued an alert after a new case …
Shingles vaccine: the uptake
Many Australians are missing out on the chance to be vaccinated against shingles – and one group says pharmacists could help While a new, more efficacious non-live vaccine against the …
Room to grow
Pharmacies around the world are implementing strategies which are benefiting health enormously, says an award-winning pharmacist Lucy Walker, owner of the Terry White Chemmart Goondiwindi in rural Queensland (which was …
The week in review
As face masks and hand sanitisers sell out across the country, health authorities are calling for calm about Coronavirus this week, while pharmacists were honoured over the long weekend A …
Funding cap still a problem: PSA
Changes to the Workforce Incentive Program come into force this weekend which include pharmacists for the first time The WIP will rationalise major workforce distribution incentive payments into two streams: …
Threats underline value of community pharmacy
It’s set to be a hard weekend for many as temperatures are expected to soar in most of NSW and a state of emergency is declared across the ACT Circumstances …
Nine Coronavirus cases confirmed
The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of novel Coronavirus to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern According to WHO figures from 30 January, more than 170 …
Pharmacy trial ‘sacrificing safety for convenience,’ says doc
As the Queensland pharmacy prescribing trial draws nearer, the president of AMA Queensland has again attempted to stop it going ahead Dr Dilip Dhupelia, the state’s branch president, has written …
‘Calm and vigilance’ needed on Coronavirus
The number of cases of novel Coronavirus confirmed in Australia has risen to seven, as NSW Health says two patients have been discharged Queensland Health has called for calm and …
World news wrapup: 30 January 2020
Crime “lynchpin” used his mother’s pharmacy as a criminal enterprise; supermarket pharmacies failing; “pretend doctors” program airs positive segment USA: The Wall Street Journal has reported on a growing phenomenon …
Standing ready
Pharmacists have been recognised as having a key role to play amid unease about the novel coronavirus Writing in this week’s edition of Pharmacy Guild newsletter Forefront, executive director Suzanne …
Double dispensing would increase access, says CHF
The Consumers Health Forum has called on the Federal Government to implement 60-day dispensing, as well as reform the PBS safety net “The Seventh Community Pharmacy is due to come …