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Which day of the week sees the most customer satisfaction?
If you’ve ever wondered which day is best for your customers to visit your pharmacy, an international customer service reporting provider has the answer… It’s Thursday. HappyOrNot, which bills itself …
Forum: Cheaper dressing supplier wanted
“Yesterday I supplied a dressing containing silver to a Repat patient. On checking the invoice I discovered we’d lost approx $80 on the script. As neither of our 2 full-line suppliers stock the …
Health sector condemns Hanson vaccination claims
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s assertion that the Government’s stance on vaccination was akin to dictatorship has drawn condemnation from the health sector Ms Hanson told Insiders’ Barrie Cassidy that …
I’ll have one of those
New service takes product sampling to a new level New sampling service MySamples has launched this week, promising an “entirely new approach for sampling to registered healthcare professionals (HCP)”. Sampling is …
Ex-pharmacist challenges deregistration decision, this time in Supreme Court
A pharmacist who was struck off for supplying counterfeit Viagra has again attempted to appeal the decision Mina Attia, the owner of Shopsmart Wholesale pharmacies across Sydney, had his registration …
Unintentional self-poisoning more common in older people
Opioids are most commonly associated with fatal outcomes while self-poisoning with CVD drugs has increased threefold in a quarter-century A 26-year cohort study of all adult poisoning patients admitted to …
Hospital pharmacists welcome price disclosure recommendations
The SHPA has welcomed the Grattan Institute report’s recommendations on price disclosure The Institute’s conclusion that Australian Government policies have not gone far enough or fast enough to reduce the …
A third of pharmacists fear for their job or business
More than 30% of pharmacists are “seriously worried” about losing their job or their business as a result of price disclosure, an AJP poll has found We asked AJP readers …
SA/NT pharmacy achievers honoured
SA and NT’s 2016 pharmacy achievers have been honoured at a PSA awards night Pharmacy mentor, leader and clinical pharmacist Dr Natalie Soulsby won the SA/NT Pharmacist of the Year, …
Forum: Medicare monitors scripts between different pharmacies
“This pharmacy happens to discount scripts to some patients who request it. Medicare will reject a script if its done within the SN4/20 day rule and discounted. Medicare knows if …
An agenda for change
Overhaul pharmacists role and deregulate ownership, report chief suggests The basic health care role of pharmacists needs to be overhauled, says the author of a report calling for an overhaul …
The role of pharmacists should be overhauled, taking the heat off GPs
While medicines prices should be cut, pharmacists could also do more than they currently do, writes Grattan Institute director Stephen Duckett Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute A Grattan Institute …