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Pharmacist spots fake opioid script
A nurse took great care to take her forged scripts for oxycodone to a range of different pharmacies to avoid suspicion – but an “attentive” pharmacist spotted her conduct anyway …
CAPS campaign making a difference
Politicians are seeking meetings with local pharmacy owners to discuss 60-day dispensing before CAPS protest in Canberra Community pharmacy owners are reporting that federal MPs are keen to talk to …
Johnson & Johnson consumer spin-off complete
Share exchange offer leaves J & J with just 9.5% of new consumer health outfit Kenvue Shares of newly-minted consumer health care operation Kenvue shares rose 1.4% in pre-market trading …
Front-of-store may help alleviate 60-day Priceline pain
But “there definitely will be an impact”; Wesfarmers Health boss Priceline’s strong front-of-store profile offers “opportunities” to take some of the edge off the drop in dispensing income as a …
Support to help ‘cement’ pharmacy’s future
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association have reaffirmed their longstanding partnership The partnership is aimed at enhancing support for pharmacy students at 18 universities …
Full scope now essential to health system
Government urged to “heed the warnings of the Intergenerational Report” and utilise pharmacists to the top of their scope of practice Australia needs to engage pharmacists to work to their …
Self-care as 60-day starts
With only days to go before 60-day dispensing is due to come into being, it’s time to put some plans in place to reduce the burden on pharmacists, says one …
Trains, planes or automobiles: just get to Canberra
Pharmacists are being urged to make their way to Canberra to protest the government’s 60-day dispensing policy on 4 September “Attendance is the most valuable thing you can do” organisers …
WholeLife aims for medicinal cannabis revolution
WholeLife Pharmacy and Healthfoods has announced a partnership which it says will transform how patients look at medicinal cannabis The partnership is with One Health Clinics, which it describes as …
Let doctors diagnose and pharmacists prescribe
Pharmacist prescribing could cut medication use and improve patient outcomes, expert claims Patients could be better off if doctors were to deliver diagnoses and leave decisions around medications to pharmacists, …
Hospital pharmacy ‘initial teething problems’ addressed, says ACT Labor
The ACT’s consolidation of pharmacy inventory management systems have been attacked as a ‘debacle’ by the Canberra Liberals Health minister Rachel Stephen-Smith’s office has responded to criticism by the Canberra …
Tackling deprescribing concerns: pharmacists raise awareness
If a patient is making jokes about taking so many medicines they “rattle”…could they be open to deprescribing? Many older people are less resistant to deprescribing than a lot of …