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New senior exec joins National Pharmacies team
London-born retail executive Alex Palin has been appointed chief customer officer for National Pharmacies Palin is to take up his new role today, Monday 23 March 2026. Palin has worked …
More Aussies eligible for senior flu jab
The adjuvanted influenza vaccine Fluad has now been approved for Australians aged 50 and over Fluad has been funded in Australia since 2018 for adults aged 65 and over on the National Immunisation …
‘Throw the book’ at PBS fraudster: Guild
As Sydney pharmacist and Ferrari enthusiast pleads guilty to $5.1 million fraud, the Pharmacy Guild condemns his behaviour The Daily Telegraph has reported that Ben Huynh, who once extensively documented …
‘It feels like their lives were in our hands’
Priscilla Moses, Northpharm Area Manager for Katherine, shares her team’s experience of working with authorities to deliver critical medicines to the Katherine community during the recent flood crisis Despite living …
‘Routine use of medicinal cannabis could be doing more harm than good’
No evidence to suggest medicinal cannabis is effective for depression, anxiety or PTSD, new research finds A landmark Lancet paper – the largest-ever review of the safety and efficacy of cannabinoids across a range of mental health conditions – has found …
GPs demand decision reversal on women’s health trial
The national health minister’s announcement at last week’s APP has attracted praise from within the profession and dissent from medical groups Plans to allow qualified pharmacists to prescribe oral contraceptives …
Fuel uncertainty makes HMRs ‘untenable’
“Right now there’s a fuel problem, but it will very soon become a health problem,” says a top consultant pharmacist, lobbying again for telehealth delivery of HMRs Award-winning consultant pharmacist …
TWC joins injection pen recycling pilot
Recycling program aimed at keeping medical injection pens out of landfill to start in the second half of 2026 Patients using injectable medications will be able to have their injection …
Meds shortages could compromise scope: Ruston
The Coalition’s health spokeswoman weighed in on how the Middle East war and our trading relationships could affect future supply The shadow health minister says medicines shortages could undermine scope …
Co-owners to face proceedings alongside employees: tribunal
A Sydney Chemist Warehouse co-owner has argued that “positive acts” such as dispensing without a script are not the same as failing to detect an employee’s improper conduct The Health …
‘No such thing as full scope’
Australian pharmacists should not set a finite boundary to their potential scope, Irish Pharmacy Union president tells APP Pharmacists’ scope of practice is constantly evolving to enable the profession to …
The week in review
Soaring pharmacy applications, hospital pharmacists face pay cut and a robbery on the same day as a premier’s visit were among our hot topics this week Despite warnings that pharmacies …