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Regulatory morass putting patients & pharmacists at risk
Patients are potentially at risk from inconsistent interstate prescription-related requirements, Australian experts say Pharmacists and GPs are also in danger of unwittingly breaching differing jurisdictional requirements relating to prescribing rules …
Forum: Sudafed and breastfeeding
“I am hoping to pick the brains of the geniuses in this group about a lady with a 9 month old son who accidentally took 2 Sudafed before realising it …
Forum: Attention! Medicare
“We have had a problem that could be prevented in future. To communicate dispensing material securely online needs certificates that expire in five years. Mine expired without warning so I …
Workplace pressure: what you said
Stress in the pharmacy is reaching its peak in the face of overwhelming workloads for underwhelming pay After receiving an abundance of thought-provoking comments from you, our AJP readers, about workplace …
Expanding the profession
Dispensing changes mean the time is right for pharmacy to play a greater role in mental health, experts believe Pharmacists have opportunities to greatly increase their role in the care …
Pharmacists considered more ethical than doctors
In a broad survey of Australians, pharmacists scored higher than GPs and dentists According to the Governance Institute Ethics Index released this month, about 42% of those surveyed rated pharmacists as …
Non-drug interventions: peanut allergy, glue ear and more
We look at the latest non-drug intervention updates provided by the RACGP Glue ear Glue ear is the most common chronic condition of childhood, says the RACGP, with 80% of children …
Pharmacists’ role is too limited: Duckett
Guild welcomes Grattan Institute leader’s comments in favour of a broader role for pharmacists in Australia Doctors are seeing patients for conditions that allied health professionals such as pharmacists could …
The most expensive drugs
US report highlights the expensive new medications that may be heading our way A lot of attention has recently been given to the economic impact on pharmacy’s stocking expensive new …
Getting the cost down
One quarter of PBS scripts now under co-pay, report reveals More than one quarter of all PBS/RPBS dispenses are now under co-pay prescriptions, a new PBS report reveals. Released on …
Calling all innovators
AJP is supporting the 2016 UTS/AstraZeneca Innovative Pharmacist of the Year award The AstraZeneca Innovative Pharmacist of the Year 2016 will open for nominations on Wednesday 20 July To nominate …
Forum: Psychologists voice concerns over pharmacists providing mental health services
“The letter from the Australian Psychological Society featured in today’s AJP News is as about as ‘Canute-ian’ as it gets. Dr Roufeil, like some other health professionals who use the …