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King review paper queries CPA need, schedules
The King Review discussion paper has been released, incorporating 140 wide-ranging questions which include the need for Community Pharmacy Agreements, and whether S2 and S3 medicines should be restricted to …
Guild welcomes release of King report
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has welcomed the release of the discussion paper of the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation. The discussion paper raises many thought-provoking questions about the …
Forum: Driving to PSA16? Here’s $35
“With my usual strategic forward planning skills on display I have left it to this week to register and as I will be driving in on the weekend checked the …
“I was addicted to them. I was desperate.”
A NSW doctor fooled colleagues and pharmacists with falsified scripts for OxyContin that ended up totalling 2,856 tablets The 34-year-old doctor had been deregistered for at least three years after …
Suspended after net pharmacy ‘infiltrated by addicts’
A British pharmacist has been suspended for 12 months and his wife given a warning after an internet pharmacy business was allowed to be “infiltrated by addicts” seeking Codeine Linctus. …
Standing our ground
Pharmacy does have a vital, and needed role in mental health care, Guild argues There is demand and need for community pharmacy to play a vital role in mental health …
Top 20 pharmacy assistants in each state announced
The top 20 pharmacy assistants in each state and territory of Australia have been named, as part of the 2016 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/GuildSuper Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award …
Poll: do you want to expand your role?
Are you keen to expand your role—or worried about workload and pay? Last week, the Grattan Institute’s Dr Stephen Duckett said that using pharmacists’ skills to take the pressure off …
Pharmacy workforce to evolve
Pharmacy will have to evolve as technologies are introduced and refined, says Kristin Michaels, CEO of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia. Michaels was addressing the two day Future …
Depression, unhealthy lifestyle link goes both ways
Researchers following the progress of 1,200 people for five years have found strong links between unhealthy lifestyles and depression. Researchers at the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research …
Medicines shortages affect most pharmacists
Eighty-five percent of you are affected by shortages on a regular basis, according to our latest poll Due to a shortage of both brands and generics, 76% of poll respondents …
Over-the-counter HIV test coming to Australia
A rapid detection HIV test that can be purchased without a prescription may soon become available in Australia The CEO of Sydney-based company Atomo Diagnostics, John Kelly, has told the The Age he is hoping …