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NHS England recommissions pharmacy flu jabs, GPs unhappy
NHS England has announced that it will recommission flu vaccinations in community pharmacies for 2016/17. Nearly a quarter of a million more people benefited from vaccinations in a community pharmacy …
Disease report a wake-up call for all political parties
Today’s burden of disease report, released by the AIHW, represents a major wake up call for all parties contesting the federal election, highlighting the huge impact a small number of …
Disease and injury burden reducing
There have been good gains in the health of the Australian population, with the overall burden of disease and injury reducing between 2003 and 2011, according to a report released …
SHPA to run hospital pharmacy tech, assistant survey
SHPA is set to release a survey aimed at providing data to underpin a review of the future scope of practice for pharmacy technicians and assistants working in hospitals. “We …
AJP Discussion Forum: have your say
Several current topics on the AJP Discussion Forum are attracting attention from AJP readers. Is it OK to dispense steroids for body building? Click here to see what your peers …
Bank rethink story flawed: Guild
Pharmacy Guild executive director David Quilty has written to the editor of The Weekend Australian, following claims banks could change pharmacy lending behaviour as a result of the long-awaited King …
The role of the pharmacist in supporting patients prescribed an antidepressant
Depression is common and is estimated to affect 1 in 20 Australians each year. In 2013–14, there were 14,933,534 PBS prescriptions dispensed for antidepressants, for people aged 18 to 64 …
Naturopathy: ‘If it wasn’t so serious it would be funny.’
Taree pharmacist and Friends of Science in Medicine member Ian Carr is stepping up a campaign against naturopathy in pharmacy, the Daily Telegraph reports. Reporter Jane Hansen spoke to Carr, …
Online pharmacies: Australia needs ‘safe list’
Substandard and counterfeit medicines, and online pharmacies which aren’t legitimate, are a serious and growing problem, say experts. Australia needs to set up a “safe list” of online pharmacies in …
Sweet tooth not the obesity culprit: study
While sugar has become a target in the fight against obesity, with calls for Australia to follow the lead of countries such as the UK, Mexico and Hungary and introduce …
Challenge the status quo
While most pharmacies offer advice, most don’t use the pharmacist to do this Instead pharmacists dispense and the retail assistant gives the advice. This has to change says business advisor …
Co-pay hikes still on the agenda
Discount could be offset by tabled price increases to offset Budget black hole While the federal Health Minister has been lauding the update among pharmacy of the optional $1 PBS …