New and improved PSA CPD tool
The PSA’s CPD tool has been improved to be more user-friendly and responsive, PSA says The CPD tool – launched last July – is free for PSA members and helps …
Brazen thief steals pharmacy charity tin
A thief distracted staff by asking questions about medicines, and then stole a near-full charity tin from a Perth pharmacy It was about 5pm on a Friday in late January, …
The week in review
We take a look back at the last week in Australian pharmacy It’s been a tough week for the industry. This week, pharmacy was talking—again—about complementary medicines, following Four Corners‘ …
Rockhampton pharmacies under administration
High rent and price disclosure may be factors in the uncertainty over the future of two Queensland pharmacies, say local media Administrators have been appointed to handle the liquidation of Terry …
Dr Carolyn Glazier is WA Intern of the Year
Innovative pharmacist Dr Carolyn Glazier was named the PSA MIMS Western Australian Intern of the Year at the recent WA Excellence Awards The Western Australian Early Career Pharmacist Award, Pharmacist …
QUM network launches in SEQ, NSW
A new drugs and medicines initiative in South East Queensland and Northern NSW is aiming to improve Australians’ health A first for Queensland led by Griffith’s School of Pharmacy, the …
‘Doubtful debt’ impacts Sigma earnings
Sigma has pointed to “doubtful debt” relating to one pharmacy group as having impacted its earnings before interest and tax during the last financial year Sigma Pharmaceuticals says it will …
Pharmacists undermining their own authority: CHF
The Consumers Health Forum says pharmacists are jeopardising their authority as health professionals by promoting unproven complementary medicines In a call to “end the marketing practices that can mislead people …
Employers make retaliatory threats to report employees to Board
Some employers are threatening to report their employees to the Pharmacy Board after facing unfair dismissal or underpayment claims, according to the pharmacists’ union PPA says that it has been …
Hospital pharmacy makes changes to reduce readmissions
The Pharmacy Department at Wollongong Hospital has made several key changes following the release of new research The study, undertaken by researchers from the University of Wollongong, is hoped to …
World news wrapup: 16 February 2017
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world Nottingham, UK: A nine-year-old girl was mistakenly given methadone at her local pharmacy after she was prescribed antibiotics. Mother …
CMs ‘not going away, no matter how much its detractors huff and puff.’
CMs aren’t going away, so the Guild welcomes measures to keep consumers informed about their efficacy, says David Quilty Monday’s Four Corners program on complementary medicines and CHOICE’s pharmacy ‘shadow …