‘We receive tip-offs all the time’: PBS compliance head
Ignoring alerts on early supply, invalid repeats or mismatched patient details could risk triggering an audit, repayment, penalties or worse, warns Department of Health Government agencies, whistleblowers and sophisticated software …
‘High risk, high stakes’: Errors involving children
Pharmacists share shocking case studies, with one seeing up to 1000-times dose errors for clonidine while another witnessed a child develop opioid dependency Leading pharmacists are warning the profession to …
‘An amazing day in pharmacy’
UWA celebrates the graduation of its first Doctor of Pharmacy students, from a program designed to produce “future-ready pharmacists” The first Doctor of Pharmacy students at the University of Western …
Caution urged over patients taking multiple supplements
Patients are often unaware of additional vitamins in products that do not include them in their name, experts warn Health professionals are sounding the alarm over supplements containing vitamin B6, …
Filling the gap
New deprescribing guidelines cover top 100 most dispensed PBS medicines for older people, developed by expert team from UWA A blockbuster team of medicines experts and consumer representatives have developed …
Regular medication reviews expected in new standards
New Aged Care Act coming this November with “strengthened” standards, says clinical pharmacy unit leader in an update The new Aged Care Act will include seven new strengthened quality standards, …
Woman exposed to 27-fold RDI of vitamin B6
Many pharmacy supplements contain levels of vitamin B6 far exceeding RDI per tablet, warns doctor who shared case studies of patients that experienced toxicity Multiple pharmacy vitamins and supplements contain …
‘Just not enough’
Hospital pharmacist roles in the NT struggle to compete on pay to attract and retain staff amid “serious” pharmacy workforce shortages, as possible industrial action looms Pharmacist remuneration in the …
‘Huge’ opportunity for pharmacist prescribing
Crucial drug for menopausal women should be added to pharmacist prescribing rights, GP argues, with doctors “not doing it well” Vaginal hormones should be made more easily available through pharmacists, …
Leading the way: professional services
Two pharmacy owners. Two case studies. We look at how Swarup Afsar and Kristina Fox are implementing professional services and changing the face of pharmacy. By Sheshtyn Paola SWARUP AFSAR, …
Vale Alan Polack
A leading pharmacist and pharmacy educator has passed, with former students, colleagues and friends sharing their fond memories of the “legend” Alan Polack, former head of pharmacy at the University …
‘We are not policemen’
PDL director advises on how to address patients “demanding” S3 medicines including SABAs While pharmacists need to be counselling on short-acting beta agonists (SABAs) overuse, it’s not their role to …