A complex negotiation
PSA is confident it will be able to work with the Guild on service delivery in upcoming 7CPA negotiations, but how does it plan to secure more funding for proposed …
Cream of the crop
Alice Hashiguchi from University of Western Australia is Pharmacy Student of the Year for 2019 Alice Hashiguchi from the University of Western Australia has won the 2019 PSA Mylan Pharmacy …
Up-and-coming talent
Ayomide Ogundipe is this year’s Intern Pharmacist of the Year Ayomide (Mide) Ogundipe is the winner of the 2019 PSA MIMS Intern Pharmacist of the Year Award, the PSA announced …
‘I want you to know that I get what you do.’
Minister backs pharmacists practising to their full scope, despite GP opposition, but doesn’t commit on MBS access There is a fundamental role going forward for pharmacists as part of a …
Twenty years too old?
With increasing changes to the way medicines are prescribed, and “alarming” levels of medicine-related harm, is there a need to update our drugs policy? Researchers have called for an update …
Glaring risks in meds records, prescribing
GPs may be making medication decisions based on records with an average of 10 discrepancies per person compared to facility records… but where are the pharmacists? There is a need …
‘Inappropriate’ compounding leads to cautions, reprimands
Recent inspections have identified pharmacies carrying out complex compounding in breach of guidelines Complex compounding is being undertaken on pharmacy premises that do not meet the requirements of guidelines, the …
Ending the stigma
Chronic pain patients tell pharmacists: we don’t want to be treated like addicts Kevin James had to give up his career as a full-time registered nurse due to crippling lower …
Pharmacists among those fired, sued in fentanyl deaths case
A hospital has seen 23 staff fired, a CEO step down and a doctor charged with murder following excessive and potentially fatal doses of fentanyl administered to at least 35 …
We want to be embedded in aged care, say pharmacists
Not a zero-sum game: pharmacists should be able to perform medication management activities – whether they come from community pharmacy or elsewhere, says PSA This week AJP covered the topic of integrating …
Is embedding non-dispensing pharmacists the ‘wrong’ approach?
Can non-dispensing pharmacists play a crucial role such as prescribing and advising GPs… or should this role be filled by community pharmacists instead Pharmacist researcher Dr Janet Sluggett, an NHMRC …
‘There is so much more rural community pharmacists could be doing.’
A national ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to delivering pharmacy care discriminates against rural and remote communities, patients and pharmacies, says new group In the lead-up to 7CPA negotiations, Rural Pharmacy Network Australia …