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Quitting the profession
Are you considering leaving the profession? Or will you stay in pharmacy? Vote in our poll UK pharmacists are facing a rising number of threats to their business and career …
‘Patient-friendly’ Rotary bowel screening test to hit counters
Pharmacies participating in Rotary’s annual bowel cancer screening awareness initiative this year will receive the same Australian-developed tests nationally. The Clinical Genomics faecal immunochemical test will be included in the …
SHPA appoints key steering committees
The SHPA has appointed its Steering Committees for three key workforce projects to be conducted throughout 2016. SHPA CEO, Kristin Michaels says Steering Committee members have been appointed to the …
Moree Discount Drug Store is GuildCare Pharmacy of the Month
The GuildCare Pharmacy of the Month for March 2016 is Moree Discount Drug Store, NSW. “Since pharmacist Mike Wehbi has joined our team, he has invested a lot of time …
PSA16 registrations open
Registrations are open for PSA16, the PSA’s annual flagship conference. With a theme of Leading Pharmacy Innovation, the conference will be held from July 29-31 at the Four Points by …
‘It was just desperation’: Cie Cie Tuyet Nguyen
A Sydney pharmacist has written a novel about Vietnamese people after the fall of Saigon During her lifetime, Cie Cie Tuyet Nguyen has seen a lot: she watched as Saigon …
‘There’s professional ideals of pharmacy that have almost been abandoned.’
A prominent GP and pharmacy critic has told the AJP that community pharmacy is losing its focus on its area of expertise, that Health Destination Pharmacy is like selling pharmacy’s …
APP 2016: the highlights
Check out our picture gallery of the highlights of the biggest event in the pharmacy calendar It’s now nearly a month since APP 2016 – the biggest event in community …
Walgreens interventions pay off on compliance
A study has shown that intervention by Walgreens pharmacy patients in the US results in better medicines compliance. The patients were offered a multi-faceted medication adherence program when they were …
Board releases first performance report
The Pharmacy Board of Australia has released the first quarterly performance report and series of jurisdiction-specific reports which feature the data released by AHPRA late last year. Pharmacy Board chair …
MedsASSIST now rolling out
The Pharmacy Guild is now rolling out MedsASSIST, the codeine real-time monitoring system that it says will help pharmacists monitor consumer use of codeine containing products to ensure safe and …
NPS shows drop in antibiotic requests
The percentage of consumers who report asking doctors for antibiotics dropped from 17% in 2014 to 13% in 2015, while programs across seven different therapeutic areas in the 2013-14 financial …