‘This is an emergency in our community’
Greens Senator asks about the status of ADHD medicine, and slams government over extended expected shortage At last week’s (15 February 2024) Senate Estimates hearings, Greens Senator Jordan Steele-John outlined …
‘Pharmacy shops are just dead’
Jack Gance tells a retail conference that Chemist Warehouse is eyeing the US market as its traditional format loses appeal Chemist Warehouse co-founder and chairman Jack Gance has told the …
‘Our colony is overrun with medical adventurers’
Should only registered pharmacists be able to dispense therapeutic goods? Following the “great sensation amongst the druggists in this city” – namely, a lawsuit over wrongful dispensing – pharmacists of …
Viagra ‘shopping list’ written on script, man claimed
Pharmacy staff noted discrepancies in handwriting on a script for Viagra and antibiotics, a magistrate’s court has heard Damien Andrew Popp has appeared in the Toowoomba magistrate’s court, where he …
‘If I was a gambling man, I’d put money on it’
Will the 8CPA be ready in time? Opposition health spokesperson Senator Anne Ruston has grilled the Health Department’s Penny Shakespeare about its status With increasing concern about the looming 1 …
World news wrapup: 22 February 2024
Kiwi pharmacist stole medicines, sold them on classifieds site; codeine linctus scheduled up in UK while pseudoephedrine scheduled down in NSW; pharmacist sentenced for doctor’s murder in India New Zealand: …
Cannabis growth spiral sees stakeholders meet
Health stakeholders have met and agreed to look at several aspects of managing the growth of medicinal cannabis – including maintaining a balance between access and safety Ahpra and several …
The week in review
Another week past, and another week closer to the 8CPA deadline…so how’s it looking? What’s happening with the 8CPA? The March 1 deadline is growing near, and CAPS is concerned …
‘I think I am having a heart attack’
A stressed, busy US woman was the sole pharmacist on duty at a CVS in Indiana, when she experienced heart attack symptoms – but was worried about closing the store …
In the Navy: ‘It seems incredible that this condition should exist’
It’s February 1944, and several years into the war, Australians are shocked to learn that there is only one lone pharmacist working in his professional capacity in the Navy – …
Improper claiming
Reprimand of NSW approved pharmacist follows probe by the Pharmaceutical Services Federal Committee of Inquiry The minister for health and aged care has reprimanded NSW approved pharmacist, Aged Health Care …
‘I saw some shockers’: pharmacist helps Scouts be prepared
A pharmacist’s expertise can help minimise risk in unlikely places, as one member of the profession found when volunteering for her local Scout group Kristin Turner, a credentialed pharmacist and …