COVID-19
AJP chats with… Angelo Pricolo
‘Greg Hunt, if you’re out there, please reconsider’: Talking about getting naloxone into more hands, harm minimisation and reducing stigma in the pharmacy… “The smallest side glance or comment, or …
Potential COVID contact at pharmacies
Another pharmacy has been added to Sydney’s watch list, with people who attended it on a day last week asked to monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 On Tuesday morning the …
‘It could turn pharmacies into COVID petri dishes.’
COVID-19 testing in pharmacies will spread the disease “like wildfire” says union in declaring safety ban of trial, while PSA calls for moratorium Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) has called on …
‘Tester’ masks cop a spray
An Adelaide Hills pharmacy has been lambasted in the mainstream media for having “tester” masks on display, but the store says they were never intended for the public to try …
‘Pharmacists are more than capable and qualified to provide this service.’
A free COVID-19 vaccine could be available from as early as next year under an agreement signed Monday – and pharmacists are urging the Government to let them administer it …
Battle of the borders
Regional Australia is feeling the strain on health services due to the pandemic, and the situation is especially acute—and tense—in areas close to state borders. How are pharmacists coping with …
Court proceedings over alleged unlawful advertising
The TGA has initiated Federal Court proceedings over the advertising of hyperbaric oxygen therapy chambers as a treatment for conditions including COVID-19 and autism The proceedings were initiated in response …
‘It’s every pharmacist’s greatest fear.’
A Sydney proprietor received that dreaded call: a person infected with COVID had been in their pharmacy… here’s what happened next On Monday 31 August, a man who was infected …
World news wrapup: 3 September 2020
CVS employees told not to tell patients when scripts filled by person with COVID-19; new pharmacies in NZ area to explain reducing harms; Canadian pharmacist suspended after on-selling drugs bought …
Keeping on top of things
Record bulk billing rates and massive telehealth take-up a sign of a successful COVID strategy: Minister says Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has highlighted new data showing record GP bulk …
CWH on COVID watch list
A Chemist Warehouse is among a new list of locations in Sydney which were visited by a person with COVID-19 On Monday, August 31, NSW Health reported that there had …
Not so hazardous
We’ve already done enough for pharmacy: government responds to call for pharmacy hazard allowance by asserting its previous support for the profession The Federal Government has not offered any additional …