Hospitals boosted, but where are the pharmacists?
One state provides a much-needed injection of funds into the hospital sector – but pharmacists are left out in the cold, say stakeholders The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia …
Victorian intern pharmacists to administer vaccines
Monash University pharmacy interns will join the state’s immunisation workforce under a new secretary approval The approval, introduced by the Victorian Department of Health, means graduate pharmacists completing their internship …
Veteran consultant to advise over credentialing
As credentialed pharmacy moves forward, the appointment of a well-known advisor creates significant opportunities, one sector leader says Following the Consultant Pharmacists Conference in Cairns, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia …
‘We need to be louder. We need to be prouder.’
“Things need to change” says a leading consultant pharmacist – and advocating for the sector is a big part of moving consulting forward In accepting her award as 2024 Consultant …
No more aged care delays
The residential onsite pharmacist initiative will begin on 1 July 2024, consultant pharmacists are told David Laffan, assistant secretary, pharmacy branch, Department of health and aged care, told the Pharmaceutical …
World News Wrapup: 2 May 2024
Pharmacist fined over role in hospital drug diversion; Canadian chain closes shops out of cyber-safety caution; Ireland wants a chief pharmacist Salmon Arm, British Columbia: A former pharmacist has been …
How pharmacy vaccination evolved
A new global intelligence report provides what its publishers call the most extensive and representative overview yet of the evolution of pharmacists’ role in vaccination The report, “Leveraging pharmacy to …
Pilot slammed as ‘workload shifting’
Pharmacists have no more of a conflict of interest than GPs do when it comes to the Queensland prescribing pilot, a leading pharmacist says Doctor groups continue to lambast the …
GP a ‘real danger to patients’
Despite pharmacies helping to identify and point out drug-seeking behaviour from two of his patients, a GP continued to prescribe them S8s and S4s The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal …
Reprieve for credentialed pharmacists
MRNs have been extended again, allowing credentialed pharmacists to keep providing medicines reviews Department of Health and Aged Care Assistant Secretary – Pharmacy Branch, David Laffan, has sent an email …
The week in review
A busy week for the TGA, movement on NIPVIP funding and the beginning of a new era in pharmacy practice all made headlines this week Mark Butler announced that pharmacists …
‘Why not fund that pharmacist to become a doctor?’
Doctors complain they were not notified by Queensland government that the pharmacy prescribing pilot has begun Outgoing Australian Medical Association president Dr Maria Boulton has spoken to ABC Brisbane’s Loretta …