‘I was in good hands.’
NSW pharmacist proprietor Skye Swift hitched a ride with surfing champion Mick Fanning so she could continue supplying medicines to her flood-devastated community As rain and floods batter the east …
‘A change in culture is needed.’
Most community pharmacists do not regularly take their lunch breaks, while most hospital pharmacists do, poll results reveal – with one owner now regularly closing at lunch due to Covid …
Pharmacist in a coma following injuries
A Sydney pharmacist is in a coma after unintentionally drinking liquid methylamphetamine disguised as wine in bottles sent to his pharmacy The 43-year-old pharmacist reportedly collapsed at his inner west …
A quarter century of accreditation
Pharmacy organisations celebrate 25 years since the launch of the Residential Medication Management Review program—along with three pharmacists who were the first to be accredited The Australian Association of Consultant …
Fear of needles leads to termination
A US pharmacist is taking his former employer to court for unlawful termination after he refused to administer immunisations due to his “needle phobia” A pharmacy manager at a national …
Three lives per day saved
The take home naloxone pilot led to a 10-fold increase in naloxone supply, with 80% of units provided through community and hospital pharmacies, new results show Experts are considering the …
Antivirals present ‘Pandora’s box’ of potential drug interactions
Hospital pharmacists warn of the need to support safe prescribing and dispensing of incoming novel oral COVID-19 treatments Leading hospital pharmacists are calling for a “consistent and streamlined” approach to …
‘We make no apology for putting patients first.’
Guild defends pharmacy scope of practice trial, as GP group withdraws advisory committee representative in protest The Pharmacy Guild has defended the “full scope of practice” trial for community pharmacists …
‘Pharmacists playing doctors’: National council speaks out
GP groups have banded together to call for the pharmacist “full scope” pilot to be “ceased immediately” A recently leaked confidential draft report revealed a proposed pilot would see pharmacists …
Poll: Do you take lunch breaks regularly?
“Eating and drinking at times through the day, taking little breaks… this is really important,” says Pharmacists’ Support Service AJP recently covered the news that CVS Health, the largest pharmacy …
Please don’t forget rural pharmacy
Advocacy group urges pharmacy bodies to support the rural pharmacy workforce by pushing for government-funded salary incentives The Rural Pharmacy Network Australia (RPNA) is urging the Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
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 …