Why large corporate retailers should stay out of pharmacy: committee
Guild welcomes moves in Queensland to forbid pharmacies being located in supermarkets, and preventing third parties from exercising “inappropriate control” of medicines provision The report into the Pharmacy Business Ownership …
‘Health professionals must never be targeted’
Alongside colleagues in nursing, medicine and dentistry, pharmacists condemn violence against health providers The World Health Professions Alliance is asking health professionals worldwide to sign an open letter calling for …
The week in review
Still no sign of the 8CPA…at the time of writing, anyway…but we’ve had a lot of other news to keep up to date with this week That tardy 8CPA is …
Rego cancelled after presenting forged scripts
After a pharmacy contacted her, a psychiatrist reported her prescription pad had been stolen Ahpra has issued a statement about a South Australian nurse who stole a prescription pad and …
‘We hear and value all voices’
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has opened consultation on the organisation’s first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy Announced on International Women’s Day (8 March 2024), the initiative is …
Man hurls abuse at CWH staff
Pharmacists and pharmacy staff do not deserve to be given a hard time when they are just trying to do their jobs, a magistrate has said News media has reported …
The home front
In between advertising Queen Macassar Oil for setting victory rolls in place and announcing that housewives needed Scrubb’s Cloudy Ammonia, the AJP told us that many Australians had a case …
From a three-year disqualification to a two-month suspension: tribunal decision
A pharmacist’s three-year suspension has been set aside, and a two-month suspension imposed instead. A tribunal says there’s one key reason the case was dealt with this way The Pharmacy …
‘A distinctly different purpose to a vending machine’
A new pharmacy with a demographic of busy, time-poor patients has found a novel solution to providing them with their medicines A new Terry White Chemmart in the commuter suburb …
‘You’re in full view of patients and your community’
Should I add my patients as friends on social media? What about discussing a difficult patient with colleagues? The AJP takes an in-depth look Recent articles in the AJP have …
World news wrapup: 7 March 2024
Argentinians forgoing medicines for food amid affordability crisis; pharmacist murdered in Syria; US pharmacists find new RSV jab adds to growing workload Buenos Aires, Argentina: A combination of the country’s …
NSW UTI trial surpasses expectations
The NSW Government’s pharmacy trial has this month surpassed 12,000 total consultations, it says – and its expansion is on the way In a statement on Tuesday (5 March), the …