Guild Pharmacy Academy and TENA join forces
The Guild Pharmacy Academy and TENA have joined forces to provide a training resource for pharmacy assistants on managing continence in the pharmacy. The accredited training unit, SIRCHCS305 Advise on …
Therapeutic skin care: brushing off a forgotten category
Pharmacies have an edge in skin care that virtually no other retailer can boast: the presence of Pharmacy-Only and Pharmacist-Only products that draw customers into the community pharmacy sector. And …
Pharmacists key in understanding pathology role
Because of their relationships with their patients, pharmacists can have an important role in encouraging relevant customers to have regular pathology tests, says a spokesperson for Pathology Awareness Australia, thus …
Study to examine health care coordination
Nearly 125,000 Australians are about to receive an invitation to join a health care study that for the first time will show how well patients’ health care is being coordinated …
Treat sugar addiction like nicotine: study
A world-first study led by QUT shows excess sugar consumption could be treated in a way similar to nicotine addiction. Neuroscientist Professor Selena Bartlett from QUT’s Institute of Health and …
‘Patient-friendly’ Rotary bowel screening test to hit counters
Pharmacies participating in Rotary’s annual bowel cancer screening awareness initiative this year will receive the same Australian-developed tests nationally. The Clinical Genomics faecal immunochemical test will be included in the …
SHPA appoints key steering committees
The SHPA has appointed its Steering Committees for three key workforce projects to be conducted throughout 2016. SHPA CEO, Kristin Michaels says Steering Committee members have been appointed to the …
Moree Discount Drug Store is GuildCare Pharmacy of the Month
The GuildCare Pharmacy of the Month for March 2016 is Moree Discount Drug Store, NSW. “Since pharmacist Mike Wehbi has joined our team, he has invested a lot of time …
PSA16 registrations open
Registrations are open for PSA16, the PSA’s annual flagship conference. With a theme of Leading Pharmacy Innovation, the conference will be held from July 29-31 at the Four Points by …
‘It was just desperation’: Cie Cie Tuyet Nguyen
A Sydney pharmacist has written a novel about Vietnamese people after the fall of Saigon During her lifetime, Cie Cie Tuyet Nguyen has seen a lot: she watched as Saigon …
‘There’s professional ideals of pharmacy that have almost been abandoned.’
A prominent GP and pharmacy critic has told the AJP that community pharmacy is losing its focus on its area of expertise, that Health Destination Pharmacy is like selling pharmacy’s …
Walgreens interventions pay off on compliance
A study has shown that intervention by Walgreens pharmacy patients in the US results in better medicines compliance. The patients were offered a multi-faceted medication adherence program when they were …