Hunt to speak at APP2021
Health Minister Greg Hunt will be delivering the opening plenary at the APP Conference in May Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Greg Hunt, will be addressing delegates at …
Reducing the risk
Melbourne researchers have investigated the best ways to reduce dispensing errors Pharmacy researchers from Alfred Health in Melbourne reviewed 11 studies on interventions in the hospital setting to address the …
Sudden lockdown impacting trade
Community pharmacies in Victoria are rising to the challenge despite out of stocks, patients struggling with mental health and general unpredictability Pharmacy staff are trucking along in the face of …
First COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Australia
The PM says plans are on track for the country’s most vulnerable to start receiving the vaccine from next Monday More than 142,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have …
Tweets land ex-Senator in hot water
Former senator threatened with fine of up to $1.11 million and even imprisonment over tweets promoting ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19 Former Senator David Leyonhjelm has been pulled up by …
Over 100 regulatory breaches uncovered
A coroner has criticised the excessive supply of S8s and codeine that led to a woman’s death The death of a Tasmanian woman from mixed drug toxicity has been investigated …
Independent community pharmacy network boosts vax rates
Small pharmacies are outpacing big corporate chains at delivering the COVID-19 vaccine, say commentators Nearly 70% of COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed across the US have been delivered on average, according …
Over 400 pregabalin tablets in two months
Local pharmacists and GPs attempted to curb the drug-seeking behaviour of a patient, but it wasn’t enough to save her life A coroner recently investigated the case of a 33-year-old …
Pharmacist recognised for ‘distinguished service’
Refugee advocate Veronica Nou has been honoured with an award from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia The Pharmacy Guild National Council has awarded Sydney pharmacist Veronica Nou with a Distinguished …
Building a research network for pharmacists
Pharmacist and University of Queensland PhD candidate, Louisa Handyside, is this year’s recipient of the Alan Grant-Taylor Memorial Scholarship The Alan Grant-Taylor Memorial Scholarship was established in 1995 and assists …
Pharmacist sentenced, stripped of licence
A pharmacist, a GP and a clinic owner allegedly conspired to dispense controlled drugs using invalid scripts in order to commit fraud Dr James Ferris, Katherine Dossey, and Sherry Isbell, …
Comments roundup
What you were saying this past week… PDL has already received a number of reports and one error relating to active ingredient prescribing changes. Here’s what people had to say… “Anyone …