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Wrong vaccination prompts warning
Health authorities in Western Australia have issued an alert to medical staff after the wrong RSV vaccine was administered to some patients, it’s been reported Western Australia’s Department of Health …
Opportunity comes to those who seek it: Twomey
Pharmacy students and early career pharmacists are being urged to look beyond their postcode to gain experience “Opportunities are not going to come to you, you are going to have …
It’s an exciting time to be a pharmacist: Simpson
Pharmacy is seeing “a wonderful evolution of new roles” for the profession, an industry leader says Pharmacists’ medicines expertise is being seen, with the expansion of the profession’s scope of …
PBS targeted by US drug lobby
A powerful US pharma lobby group has come after Australia’s PBS, claiming it sets drug prices too low – and should pay the price, a report shows The Pharmaceutical Research …
Childhood immunisation rates worrying minister
Federal health minister open to uniformity on pharmacy vaccination rules to boost access and uptake of childhood shots Extending the eligibility rules for pharmacist vaccination services could be an option …
APC to host in-person consultations for Pharmacist Capability Framework development
Dates and locations set for public consultation rounds to support the development of a Pharmacist Capability Framework Expressions of interest to attend events to discuss the development of a …
World news wrapup – 3 July 2025
Pharmacy shelled as fighting continues in Ukraine’s Donetsk region; video footage shows pharmacist pocketing prescription medicines; family settles action against pharmacy over alleged fatal dispensing error Donetsk, Ukraine: Patients …
Prac payments must be extended: pharmacy groups
Excluding pharmacy students from the Commonwealth Prac Payments scheme is “unfair”, pharmacy leaders claim The federal government is missing an opportunity to support the future primary care workforce by limiting …
Wesfarmers pilots InstantScripts Pharmacy Health Hub
Priceline-owner Wesfarmers Health is working with community pharmacists to pilot a new small-format pharmacy, which will link customers to telehealth GPs in some cases The first InstantScripts Pharamcy Health Hub …
Peak body to publish new CPD standards
PSA announces plan to develop quality criteria for educational material following the retirement of the current accreditation standards for pharmacists’ CPD Following the Australian Pharmacy Council’s (APC’s) announcement that it …
MedAdvisor ANZ sold to software collector
The global pharmacy software company’s local arm has been picked up by Jonas Software, triggering a fall in MedAdvisor’s share price MedAdvisor’s Australian and New Zealand business and its subsidiary, …
Human error, alarm fatigue contributed to insulin death
Multiple factors including use of EMRs found in coroner’s case involving a medication administration error that led to a woman’s death A coroner has called for changes to an electronic …