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The pharmacy dilemma
Finding the balance between healthcare and business management remains a problem for pharmacy “Not all community pharmacists will be managers or want to be, creating a barrier to educating pharmacists …
Week in review
The 60-day dispensing saga continued to roll on during the week, while concerns continued to grow over the changes to the opioid treatment program 60-day dispensing remained the biggest topic …
Guild heads off government dispensing payment moves
It’s June 1938 and the Guild shows politicians the error of their ways while the AJP looks at how to compete with chain stores The passage of the National Health …
More evidence for charting
Call for more widespread adoption of medication charting in cancer units following study findings Use of Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting (PPMC) in oncology units is associated with significantly lower rates …
Should public hospitals be able to provide CTG medicines?
Stakeholders are addressing the exclusion of public hospital pharmacy from providing PBS medicines, under the Close the Gap scheme The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia is continuing its advocacy …
Ozempic shortage pain to continue until year’s end
TGA underscores ‘limited availability’ means drug should still only be prescribed for type-2 diabetes There will be continued “limited availability” of diabetes drug Ozempic until 31 December 2023 due to …
Chemist Warehouse plans ‘up to’ 20 Irish outlets
And the ‘McDonald’s of pharmacy’ will open a 7th new pharmacy in July says Irish press report Chemist Warehouse has plans to open as many as 20 pharmacies in Ireland …
New opioid deprescribing guidelines a ‘balancing act’
New opioid deprescribing guidelines have been published by researchers led by a hospital pharmacist In her work in the hospital sector, early career pharmacist Dr Aili Langford has already seen …
Ordine to be discontinued
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has provided advice regarding the discontinuation of all Ordine oral liquid medicines in Australia Mundipharma has advised that it will discontinue all four strengths of its …
Rural, regional workforce insufficient
Funding to improve emergency department access in Queensland has been welcomed, but more has to be done to improve quality use of medicines, pharmacists say This month (June 2023) the …
Labor ‘committed’ to supporting rural pharmacy: Butler
The Health Minister says Labor will support rural pharmacies through the 60-day dispensing change… especially given they “aren’t selling as much perfume” as metro stores Mark Butler has told journalists …
World news wrapup: 29 June 2023
Pharmacist under fire after declining to fill transgender patient’s script; conviction for stealing, selling Covid cards; LloydsPharmacy named as failing to pay minimum wage for nearly 8,000 workers Oakland, California: …