Amanda Horiniak is Vic Pharmacy Student of the Year
Monash University pharmacy student Amanda Horiniak has been named Victorian Pharmacy Student of the Year. Horiniak was described as a highly motivated, enthusiastic and passionate student who is looking forward …
Clinical tips: be more active
Pharmacists can play a key role in helping their customers to be more active, writes 2010 PSA Pharmacist of the Year Karalyn Huxhagen. As pharmacists we are all aware that …
Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement roundup: what stakeholders said
The Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement was signed on Wednesday, and reaction has been mostly positive, with a few exceptions. Most industry commentators praised the Guild’s introduction of the new Administration, …
Script copayment uncertainty could undo some 6CPA good: Walker
Uncertainty over the patient script copayment for prescriptions in the Budget mars an otherwise very exciting Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement, says Melanie Walker, Acting CEO of the Public Health Association …
UK pharmacy services stymied by GPs
More than half of UK pharmacists may have been discouraged by general practitioners from offering pharmacy services such as flu vaccination, reports the UK’s Chemist+Druggist magazine. The magazine conducted an …
Medicines delisting: the PBAC principles
To guide its decisions on medicines delisting including those available OTC, the Department of Health has published principles set by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee. The delisting principles considered appropriate …
Paracetamol challenge a hoax, but still dangerous
The so-called #paracetamolchallenge is a hoax, but one which could still be dangerous if teenagers believe it to be an actual social media phenomenon, says Young Pharmacist of the Year …
HIV treatment trial halted as interim results clear
A major international HIV treatment trial co-ordinated by the Kirby Institute at UNSW in partnership with three other international research centres has been terminated ahead of schedule after interim results …
Consumers to pay billions more under 6CPA: Consumers Health Forum
Despite Health Minister Sussan Ley’s comments yesterday that the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement and the Agreement with generics manufacturers would result in cheaper medicines for consumers, the Consumers Health Forum …
PSA welcomes AMA non-dispensing pharmacists proposal
The PSA has welcomed the announcement by the AMA that it has presented the Government with a proposal to make non-dispensing pharmacists a key part of the general practice healthcare …
AHI fee a coup, but not a pot of gold: Bruce Annabel
The new Administration Handling and Infrastructure (AHI) Fee, set to replace the pharmacy mark-up component of remuneration, is a coup for the Pharmacy Guild, says industry analyst Bruce Annabel. Annabel …
Non-dispensing pharmacists to be key part of GP team: AMA
The AMA is proposing to make non-dispensing pharmacists a key part of the future general practice health care team, in a bid to help GPs even better care for their …