Q&A: Jessica Hsiao
AJP chats with the current NAPSA president about career paths, working alongside doctors and goals for the future Adelaide student Jessica Hsiao is about halfway through her term as president …
Strong support for ‘controversial’ statins
A new meta-analysis published in The Lancet has shown evidence that statins significantly reduce risk of major heart issues, irrespective of age In a meta-analysis of nearly 187,000 people who had …
Location rules court contest
The owner of two Melbourne pharmacies has had his case upheld in Federal Court against the Health Minister over the approval of a 24-hr pharmacy attached to a medical centre …
Raising the rate
Can embedded pharmacists increase influenza vaccination rates in residential aged care homes? A pilot study in the ACT has looked at whether pharmacists embedded into established teams within residential aged …
‘If medicine harm was a chronic disease it would already be a national health priority.’
About 250,000 Aussies are hospitalised each year due to medicine-related issues, half of which could have been prevented… but how can pharmacists help? The Medicine Safety: Take Care report, developed …
Let us help
Pharmacy organisations have responded to a Productivity Commission report that reveals there were nearly 3 million avoidable emergency presentations in 2017-18 Nationally there were around 2.9 million “avoidable” presentations to …
Pharmacy students raise more than $16,000 for charity
Pharmacy students have raised a huge amount for the 2019 NAPSA Congress charity, the Pharmacists’ Support Service The National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association (NAPSA) gifted $16,534 in donations to the Pharmacists’ …
Finger on the pulse
Most pharmacy students are happy with their choice of degree, but many are also worried about poor salary and discount pharmacies More than 80% of pharmacy students across Australia say …
PSOTY Wildcard winner announced
Alyssa Murray from Queensland has been chosen as the Pharmacy Student of the Year Wildcard entry Alyssa Murray from Queensland has won the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association (NAPSA) Wildcard …
Looking to the future
Discounters, different models of practice… Community pharmacy is facing more change than ever before, but leading pharmacists and owners say it’s all about being sure of what you offer Recognised …
‘You are not in a dying profession.’
Professor Lloyd Sansom touches on the future of pharmacy, pharmacists in general practice and prescribing rights at NAPSA Congress 2019 Student delegates heard from speakers representing a variety of pharmacy …
Busting pharmacy myths
A recruitment expert addresses employment myths as well as tips for scoring a job in the pharmacy industry Locum jobs are in demand, and there are plenty to go around, …