Campaign slashes cardiac arrest deaths
The Heart Foundation’s “Warning Signs” public awareness campaign led to 1,300 fewer deaths from cardiac arrest in the Melbourne region between 2009 and 2013, a new study has shown. A …
FIP releases global plan for the future
FIP has published a global vision and goals to transform pharmacy education and the pharmacy workforce during a conference of national pharmacy leaders in Nanjing, China. Change is vital if …
World News Wrapup: 10 October 2016
We take a look at pharmacy news around the world Aberdeen, Scotland: An Aberdeen pharmacist has been sentenced to 20 months’ jail after he pled guilty to forging scripts and …
Overdose victim’s file: ‘Dr shopper, please do not prescribe anything’
A Victorian coroner has said she hopes Real Time Prescription Monitoring will help prevent cases such as that of Milica “Mary” Minchev, who died from combined drug toxicity involving oxycodone, …
Lease changes give certainty: Pharmacy Guild
The NSW Government yesterday introduced significant amendments to the Retail Leases Act for the first time in over 20 years, aimed at making it easier to do business in NSW. …
CM complaints dropping: CMA
The complaints statistics quoted by Dr Ken Harvey in a salvo against the CM sector earlier this week are out of date, says Complementary Medicines Australia CEO Carl Gibson. Writing …
TGA has lost trust on CMs: Harvey
Dr Ken Harvey has again taken aim at the CMs sector, labelling it “a market flooded with shonky products and unethical claims”. And consumers no longer trust the TGA to …
Priceline Pharmacy launches ‘100% woman’ campaign
Priceline Pharmacy has launched a new brand campaign, “100% Woman.” The campaign highlights the brand’s unique position in the marketplace with a series of ads appearing on TV, online and …
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 …