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‘High risk, high stakes’: Errors involving children
Pharmacists share shocking case studies, with one seeing up to 1000-times dose errors for clonidine while another witnessed a child develop opioid dependency Leading pharmacists are warning the profession to …
TGA raids ‘Candy’ store for $40k of vapes
Tobacco control under the spotlight as the TGA warns on nicotine pouches and highlights a recent raid, and the health minister talks illegal tobacco As part of its ongoing effort …
‘An amazing day in pharmacy’
UWA celebrates the graduation of its first Doctor of Pharmacy students, from a program designed to produce “future-ready pharmacists” The first Doctor of Pharmacy students at the University of Western …
Artificial intelligence takes on pharmacy students
Popular large language models such as ChatGPT are becoming increasingly popular, but research suggests they fall short in answering pharmacy-related questions Limitations on the technology behind generative artificial intelligence (AI) …
Creon shortage forecast
Unexpected global demand prompts sponsor to warn of anticipated shortages of two strengths of Creon capsules Viatris is warning that supplies of Creon (pancreatic extract) 25,000 unit and 35,000 unit …
Pay bump secured for pharmacy assistants
New deal to deliver improved pay and conditions for public hospital-based pharmacy assistants, union says Pharmacy assistants will be among the 60,000 public health workers to benefit from a new …
Reversing falling vaccination rates an opportunity for pharmacy
Declining uptake of vaccinations across all age groups represents “a significant opportunity” for community pharmacy, a bureaucrat says Community pharmacists have a key role to play in boosting vaccination uptake, …
Health issues reprimand announcement
A pharmacist has been reprimanded over improper claiming of payment for PBS medicines, the federal government has announced The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has issued a statement regarding …
‘Inconsistent dosing, limited safety data, and minimal post-market surveillance’: the cannabis question
Pharmacists slam “aggressive” services offering medicinal cannabis, following the commencement of a probe into the sector The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has taken aim at the way “loopholes” in the …
Penalty rate legislation to hurt small business
Moves to protect penalty and overtime rates has the potential to accelerate “continuing market consolidation toward big business”, COSBOA warns Proposed changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 could impose …
The top 10
Which stories have captured our readers attention over the past month? These were the ten most read stories on the AJP website between 10 July and 10 August: ‘Not representative …
‘This is a monumental shift’
The pharmacy landscape is changing from a medicine-supply model to a primary care health hub model, an early pharmacist prescriber has told a national conference Pharmacists working at full scope …