Harpreet Kaur Singh receives PSA Pharmacy Gold Medal Award
RMIT University pharmacy student Harpreet Kaur Singh has been honoured with a Gold Medal supported by the PSA. RMIT pharmacy student Harpreet Kaur Singh received the 2016 PSA Pharmacy Gold …
Transforming vaccination: ‘I really feel like I’m doing the things I trained to do.’
Pharmacists are already making a big difference in how Australians get their flu vaccines, in a “game changer” for the profession that is transforming patient relationships and making pharmacists stand …
New migrants succumb to fast food culture
New migrants to Australia generally eat more healthy diets than the locals but many are dragged into bad habits by Australia’s fast food culture, new research has found. The study …
Amcal chalks up two years as best service winner
Amcal has been voted by the Australian public as the winner of the Readers Digest Quality Service Award for the second year running. The public voted Amcal as the leading …
Leak raises access to medicines concerns
Negotiating text leaked online last week raises serious concerns for worldwide access to medicines, warns the Public Health Association of Australia. “A proposed intellectual property chapter to Regional Comprehensive Economic …
Phone-throwing, swearing pharmacist loses unfair dismissal appeal
A pharmacist who threw a phone and verbally abused his business partner and told a staff member to “go and tell more lies,” among other incidents, has had his application …
World news wrapup: 28 April 2016
Pharmacy news from around the world Tulsa, Oklahoma: Buzzfeed has reported on an Oklahoma pharmacy that sold execution drugs to Missouri and last week auctioned off its assets, following loan …
Follow UK with general practice pharmacists: PSA
The Australian Government should follow the UK and provide funding support for integrating pharmacists into general practice clinics, according to the PSA. The British Department of Health – through NHS …
Panadol Osteo decision could shift patients to opioids
Stakeholders have expressed disappointment in the PBAC’s restatement of its decision to delist Panadol Osteo, and concerns that patients may turn to stronger alternatives to manage their pain. The PBAC …
Some supplements may increase antidepressant effectiveness
An international evidence review has found that certain nutritional supplements can increase the effectiveness of antidepressants for people with clinical depression. Omega 3 fish oils, S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe), methylfolate (bioactive form …
Better vaccination strategy needed
A comprehensive strategy is needed to allow all children and adults to have access to up to date vaccinations, says Public Health Association of Australia Vice President David Templeman. This …
Students to get free SHPA membership
From July this year, students undertaking their first pharmacy degree, leading to provisional registration as a pharmacist with the Pharmacy Board of Australia, will have access to free membership of …
