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 …
$1.2m of vapes seized
The TGA has executed multiple warrants on storage units and residences in Brisbane and seized over 40,000 vaping products The products have an estimated street value of over $1.2 million, …
Docs take aim at 60-day disallowance motion
Mark Butler still calling pharmacist objection to double dispensing a “scare campaign,” even as 8CPA talks begin Federal health minister Mark Butler has declared 1 September, 2023 a “great day …
8CPA negotiations begin
The Pharmacy Guild and the Albanese Government have agreed to immediately enter negotiations to secure an 8CPA, with the Guild suspending its campaign against 60-day dispensing And talks began on …
Aussies near top of the ‘hit parade’ of drug takers
Government health care cost-cutting, accusations of bias at the ABC and Australians reported as “pill poppers”…it’s the end of the 1970s and the AJP is taking issue with the federal …
60-day dispensing to hurt mums: CAPS spokesperson
A CAPS volunteer has taken to the airwaves to talk about how double dispensing will “trickle down” to job losses – and his hopes for a disallowance motion Community and …
Pharmacists key in saving lives with naloxone
More than 3,000 lives have been saved since the Take Home Naloxone program began – but a shortage is making it harder to help people For International Overdose Awareness Day …
World news wrapup: 31 August 2023
Wage theft addressed in UK; US pharmacy desert impact studied; retail giant reportedly asking for volunteers to work and get paid less UK: The pharmacists union has reportedly helped locums …
Stress, money worries and sense of grievance sparked PBS fraud
A pharmacist has successfully appealed his sentence for offences relating to a nearly $290,000 PBS fraud The Court of Criminal Appeal NSW has heard the case of Felix Yue-Sing Chan, …
Benzos, stimulants increasingly implicated in drug deaths
Pharmacists have added their voices to calls for more government and organisational intervention in reducing drug overdose “Unintentional overdose death has far outpaced our population growth over the past two …
‘We all make mistakes’
Despite prescribing “very high” amounts of fentanyl and oxycodone to a patient, a doctor did not realise he was drug dependent until receiving a phone call from an interstate pharmacist …
Mental health work lauded
Associate Professor Claire O’Reilly and Dr Sarira El-Den have been honoured with awards recognising their contribution in the mental health space The pair were recognised at the Mental Health Services …