‘Time for a new generation to take the reins’
Nominations for PSA state and territory branch committees open Pharmacy’s “best and brightest” are being urged to put their hands up to run in the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s (PSA’s) state branch elections. Nominations for the PSA’s upcoming …
Words contradict RACGP’s actions: Guild
Guild open to detailing “guardrails to protect patient safety” for WA pilot, despite GP group’s withdrawal from advisory committee Patient safety concerns about a pharmacy pilot, raised by the Royal …
Census to shape Guild policy
Guild announces plans for first member census in 14 years Data collected from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s 2026 member census will help shape the organisation’s negotiations, president Professor Trent Twomey …
Registration numbers top 42k for first time
Another quarter, another record for pharmacist registration numbers The number of pharmacists holding registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia is continuing to rise, with the latest figures showing a …
No rolling back on scope: SA Liberals
South Australia’s shadow minister for health and wellbeing clarifies stance on pharmacists’ scope following Guild criticism There will be no winding back of pharmacists’ scope of practice if the Liberal Party …
Pharmacies issued forged script warning
Forged prescriptions continue to circulate in NSW, pharmacists warned Pharmacists are being warned to “apply professional judgement and caution when receiving requests from unfamiliar prescribers”. NSW Health issued an alert …
Guild hits out at ‘backwards comments’
South Australia’s shadow health minister is being accused of being “shockingly misinformed” after voicing opposition to expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice Pharmacy Guild of Australia national executive director Gerard Benedet …
Sigma/CWH merger ‘proving to be successful’
Sigma is poised for continued growth across all its pharmacy brands, one year on from its merger with Chemist Warehouse, the company’s CEO says Twelve months after completing its merger with …
Rehabilitation of pharmacy
It is February 1936 and community pharmacy needs “revolution, not rehabilitation”, according to one AJP reader Victorian pharmacist, CJ Richards warns that challenges facing community pharmacy can be attributed to “older pharmacists” who failed …
Negotiations ongoing for women’s health trials
Department hopeful agreement can be reached on the design of trials to enable pharmacists to initiate hormonal contraception National trials aimed at improving access to PBS subsidised contraceptives and treatment for uncomplicated …
MTick ‘to make menopause visible’
TerryWhite Chemmart rolls out new marque to improve visibility of “menopause-friendly products” A new partnership between TerryWhite Chemmart (TWC) and British menopause brand partner, GenM, aims to deliver in-store guidance …
College celebrates 50 years
Australasian College of Pharmacy inducts final Fellowship cohort as it celebrates 50 years With the process of transitioning into the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) underway, the Australasian College of …