New policy brings in ‘uninterrupted’ lunch breaks
The largest pharmacy chain in the US is bringing in scheduled lunch breaks for its staff… do you take your entitled breaks? CVS Health, the largest pharmacy operator in the …
A new substitution
Abatacept added to list of pharmacist-substitutable medicines due to scarcity From today (9 Feb) until 30 April 2022, community pharmacists can interchangeably substitute abatacept syringe (Orencia) and abatacept autoinjector (Orencia …
Pharmacists ‘dropping like flies’ due to Covid, pressure
Significant workforce shortages mean locums, even in metropolitan areas, are now attracting rates of up to $80 an hour, says recruitment expert Workforce shortages that already existed in the pharmacy …
Drug use, fraud and errors trip up young pharmacists
Students and ECPs involved with illicit drugs, interns forging preceptor signatures and dispensing errors are behind some recent cases, warns indemnity expert Despite not being fully qualified pharmacists, some students …
Call for pharmacist MBS pay for vaccines
Failure to fairly remunerate pharmacists may lead to a mass exodus, warns pharmacy group in calling on the Federal Government for MBS payments nearing $40 per vax The workforce is …
Nearly 400k ‘immediately eligible’
ATAGI extends booster dose recommendation to 16- and 17-year-olds Community pharmacies can expect 16- and 17-year-olds to attend for their Pfizer booster dose after the Australian Technical Advisory Group on …
‘No room for error.’
Pharmacy is inherently stressful and it’s “not uncommon” to see long-term pharmacists deal with burnout, warns PSS The nature of pharmacy means the environment can be “inherently stressful”, said Kay …
Medicines should be ‘affordable’
“Timely, equitable and reliable” access to medicines a top priority in refreshed medicines policy, but alternative models to community pharmacy dispensing not addressed Pharmacy groups have seen some of their …
‘Created by students, for students.’
NAPSA publishes inaugural issue of the first peer-reviewed pharmacy students’ journal in the world A scoping review conducted by fourth-year pharmacy students Vasilios Sotiropoulos and Matthew Perry in 2018 found …
Docs say UTI trial extension ‘a recipe for disaster’
GPs and urologists have slammed the extension of the UTI pharmacist prescribing pilot, warning of missed diagnoses and antibiotic resistance Earlier this month, the Pharmacy Guild, PSA and Queensland University …
Wildcard winner announced
JCU student president scores wildcard spot for PSOTY national final Renee Buckland has won the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association (NAPSA) Wildcard final for the Pharmacy Student of the Year …
Three stories of community pharmacy
“Yes, it is stressful, yes, we are all overworked, but look at the shining beacon of what we’re doing for community health”: rural and regional pharmacists share their stories Pharmacy …