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Budget wish list
What do key pharmacy and health stakeholders want the 2016/17 Federal Budget to deliver? The 2016/17 Federal Budget is due to be delivered today. Most of the discussion, as far …
Forum: What’s the go with the 1 July NDSS changes?
“A customer just handed me a letter outlining changes to the NDSS scheme supplies from July 1st. NDSS will no longer supply anything and pharmacy will now be expected to …
Pharmacists key in cardiac rehabilitation
Pharmacists are key to cardiac rehabilitation, the SHPA has said in highlighting pharmacists’s role for Heart Week (1-7 May). “For heart attack survivors, one of the important benefits of participating …
Opioid misuse: ‘Endone has become the new Panadol.’
In hospitals Endone has become the new Panadol and Australia is going down the same path as the United States when it comes to opioids, say doctors. The doctors were …
Exciting times for pharmacists and CPD
Stay up-to-date with the latest evidence With increasing recognition of the significant role that pharmacists play when it comes to managing chronic conditions, it’s important to stay-up-to date with the …
UK campaign hits a million as Guild lends support
The UK’s Support Your Local Pharmacy campaign, lobbying against cuts to pharmacy services, may become the biggest petition circulating in the UK, reports the Guardian. The campaign has just notched …
Evergreening delays access: GBMA
Evergreening strategies delay market entry for generic medicines to the detriment of the Australian community and there is a lack of evidence to support extending market exclusivity for pharmaceuticals, according …
Nearly half of UK pharmacists want MURs scrapped
UK pharmacists are demanding a change in the culture around provision of Medicines Use Reviews, Chemist + Druggist reports. C+D polled its readers about MURs following controversy over allegations Boots …
Forum: I’m here to make a difference in the health of my patients
Great comment from pharmacy student Felicity Huxhagen in the current “Pharmacists want to run away“ thread in the AJP Discussion Forum “You want big bucks? Go drive a truck in …
Antifungal pregnancy risk warning
Regulators are warning women of a possible risk of miscarriage following use of an oral antifungal. The US Food and Drug Administration has issued an announcement in late April advising …
Pressure rising for overworked pharmacists
Pharmacists are experiencing a disturbing increase in their workloads which may impact on their ability to provide medicines and advice safely. So says the union for employee pharmacists, which has …
Meds access a barrier to reducing heart attack, stroke
Around one in five Australians aged 45 to 74 are at high risk of heart attack or stroke within the next five years but almost one million of them are …