Medicines reconciliation pilot shows promise
A new British preliminary study has supported changes to hospital protocols whereby pharmacists would provide medicines reconciliation Pharmacist-provided medicines reconciliation within 24 hours of admission and on discharge: a randomised …
Workplace culture affects interns’ safety attitudes
A new study has helped improve intern pharmacists’ safety attitudes… but could that improvement be sustained? Researchers from the University of Sydney have evaluated the effectiveness of a face-to-face intervention …
DDS supports kids with flu jabs
Discount Drug Stores is encouraging consumers to get their flu jabs and help protect children at the same time The banner group is supporting the health of impoverished children in …
Poll: Do banner groups have too much power?
Pharmacy banner groups have come under fire lately, with some suggesting they have too much power In a recent Nine News report it was suggested that banner groups expect pharmacy owners …
Forum: Customer refusing to leave store after request denied
“Scenario: Denied a request (could be anything Codeine, Credit etc.) and just stands there refusing to take no as an answer. What do you do/say and what kind of step …
Lease changes to create fairer relationships
Guild NSW Branch president Rick Samimi has highlighted the benefits of changes to the state’s retail leases act in his President’s Desk letter Writing to NSW Guild members, Mr Samimi …
World news wrapup: 23 March 2017
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world London: The legal challenge to the more than £320m funding cut to the community pharmacy budget in England has …
Pregnancy tests removed from market: TGA
Some pregnancy tests have been removed from the Australian market following a TGA review The TGA has completed a review of all human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) pregnancy self-test kits on …
Pharmacist pollie condemns pay cut
Emma McBride has taken aim at cuts to penalty rates, describing the PM’s decision to support cuts as “unconscionable” Ms McBride, a registered pharmacist and the Labor member for the …
Forum: EpiPen recall
“It’s a long time since I’ve worked in community pharmacy but I remember the frustration when product recalls were made known in the lay media before pharmacists were notified. I …
Move illicit drugs to ‘white’ economy: report
Pharmacists could have a greater role in harm minimisation under the recommendations of a new report The Australia 21 report, Can Australia respond to drugs more effectively and safely, has …
Eliminate unnecessary regulation, says Swisse
Swisse is calling for the Government to switch advertising claim regulation of CMs from the TGA to the ACCC and Advertising Standards Bureau In its pre-Budget submission, the complementary medicines …