Lifestyle choices influence male lifespan
With men’s health in the spotlight this month, the Australian Bureau of Statistics highlights that smoking, alcohol, diet and exercise can influence how long a man lives. Latest ABS figures …
PSA members: the CPD stats
PSA members completed more than 240,000 CPD assessments during the 2015-16 CPD year, according to the latest statistics by the organisation. This trend reinforced that PSA is the single largest …
Cup stops nation, slows medication
They say it’s the race that stops the nation… but does the Melbourne Cup also stop the medication? It turns out that while Cup Day doesn’t stop scripts being dispensed …
Poll: do you work through lunch breaks?
Are you getting the breaks you need in the workplace? Earlier this week, PPA reminded employee pharmacists that it is illegal to force pharmacists to routinely work through lunch breaks, unless …
SHPA announces residency program sites
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has announced its first tranche of provisionally accredited residency program sites. SHPA Chief Executive Kristin Michaels says 23 residency program sites have been …
Aboriginal kids top vaccination rates
The Australian Immunisation Register quarterly data today shows childhood immunisation rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has gone up across the board. Five-year-old Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander …
Make changes on evidence, not perception
Pharmacy Guild executive director David Quilty has stressed the importance of using solid evidence to support any policy and business decisions impacting on community pharmacy. Writing in this week’s edition …
World news wrapup: 3 November 2016
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world Minnesota, US: The Minnesota State Pharmacy Board is proposing new rules which would prohibit pharmacies from requiring pharmacists to …
Guild to change membership model
The Pharmacy Guild is proposing to change its membership model based on premises alone. In this week’s edition of Forefront, the Guild has flagged that its members will soon receive …
Blooms the Chemist Bundaberg named top Blooms
Blooms the Chemist has announced its Pharmacy of the Year: Blooms the Chemist Bundaberg. Jason Blanchard, General Manager of Operations at Blooms the Chemist announced the award at the pharmacy …
Stop gatekeeping S3s: Nankivell
Pharmacy tends to “gatekeep” S3 medicines and needs to move on from this behaviour in order to make the best use of this underutilised category. So says Belinda Nankivell, practice …
Common medicinal cannabis legislation needed across all states
With the cultivation and manufacture of medicinal cannabis becoming legal in Australia, and receiving recent media coverage, the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia is calling for the development of …