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Campaign launched to ‘Save the HMR’
Should HMRs be funded outside the 8CPA? These pharmacists are worried their funding is at risk With negotiations for the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement underway, a group of consultant pharmacists, …
Pilot training for Victorians
College launches training to support Victorian community pharmacist state-wide pilot The Australasian College of Pharmacy says it aims to continue its for support pharmacists’ expanding scope of practice with the …
Now is not the time to be quiet
Government must double dispensing fees to ensure the ongoing viability of community pharmacies, critics of 60-day dispensing claim Pharmacists are being urged to remain vocal in their opposition to the …
Design key to success of expanded scope trials
Pharmacists must embrace practice before implementing new services, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) president, Paul Sinclair, says Pharmacy leaders need to be strategic when developing plans to expand the profession’s scope …
Innovation matters in hospital pharmacy
Innovative solutions offered by Icon Group-back Slade Pharmacy are behind UnitingCare Queensland’s decision to switch pharmacy brands UnitingCare Queensland is set to drop its current pharmacy service provider, Epic Pharmacy, …
Pharmacists protest…about corks
It’s 1913 and the AJP writes that pharmacists voted to protest against a proposed increase in duty on a then essential for the profession…plus we covered some tragic poisons misadventure …
Docs condemn ‘unleashing’ of pharmacists
AMA attacks community pharmacy as the “worst place” for pharmacist prescribing The Australian Medical Association has published its submission to the Department of Health and Aged Care’s Unleashing the Potential …
Post-discharge medication reviews in preventing readmission
One intervention can significantly reduce re-hospitalisation and emergency department visits, a new study has found A poster session about the PREVENT study was presented at the recent International Pharmaceutical Federation …
Managing changed behaviour in ACFs
How can pharmacists improve the use of antipsychotics and other medicines, particularly mirtazapine, in residential aged care? This is part two of a focus on the use of antipsychotics and …
Scheduling changes on the way
New Pharmacy-Only medicine scheduling changes announced to antihistamine and laxative medicines The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has welcomed the move to create a schedule 2 (Pharmacy Only) category for a …
Wrong chart used in ACF, followed by patient’s death
Unsafe medication practices at a residential aged care facility were “significant,” a coroner says in findings into an elderly woman’s death The 81-year-old Queensland woman had several health conditions, including …
Fund weight loss drugs on PBS: MP
Coalition MP calls for extension of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) listings of medications associated with weight loss to help tackle obesity Shadow Assistant Minister for Health, Aged Care and Indigenous …