Reducing polypharmacy deaths
Overdose deaths in Australia are “driven by the pharmaceuticals” – and pharmacists can play a key role in helping reduce some of these deaths Around half of deaths from overdose …
Mental health pharmacist integration: never a better time
An updated Australian pharmacy practice standard for mental health has been released by the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia The updated standard includes new key features including a list …
World news wrapup: 7 September 2023
French GPs oppose pharmacist prescribing; Walmart denies capping starting pay; warrant out for pharmacist in alleged arsenic plot France: French pharmacists are set to begin prescribing antibiotics for common conditions …
Butler ‘shocked’ at white coat protest
House of Reps speaker calls alleged pharmacist behaviour “unacceptable,” as the health minister criticises the Coalition over the incident Milton Dick, speaker of the House of Representatives, issued a warning …
Contact your MP, pharmacists told
Pharmacists are being encouraged to send incorrect 60-day prescriptions to their MPs At a Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) rally outside Parliament House in Canberra on Monday, 4 September, …
‘We don’t condone that activity if it happens’
Pharmacists walk out of the public gallery during Question Time, and opposition deputy told to leave chamber “for defending the pharmacy industry” Following Monday (4 September 2023)’s Community and Pharmacy …
Queenslander takes out pharmacy assistant title
The national winner of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic National Pharmacy Assistant of the Year award has been officially announced Colby Diek, representing Queensland, was named pharmacy assistant of the …
‘You cannot polish up garbage.’
The federal government has “tried to gag” CAPS protesters, a leader of the movement says – as he outlines a list of demands sent to the Guild and PM and …
‘A small bit of hope’
“I’ll stay fighting with you,” Opposition health spokesperson Senator Anne Ruston tells pharmacists gathered to protest 60-day dispensing in Canberra Ruston addressed a gathering of more than 2,000 pharmacists from …
First Trans-Tasman hospital pharmacy partnership forged
Australian, New Zealand hospital pharmacists hope MoU will strengthen their knowledge pool Professional collaboration and the advancement of practice in Australian and New Zealand pharmacy is a step closer today, …
The week in review
A week’s a long time in the pharmacy sector right now, as double dispensing begins (not without uncertainty), as do 8CPA talks On Friday, the Pharmacy Guild told us that …
S8s in filing cabinet, in boxes on the floor
A pharmacy kept expired or returned S8s in a box on the dispensary floor, and left S4s in a vaccination room where patients could have accessed them The Victorian Pharmacy …