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Navigating the flood crisis
Northpharm has worked alongside health agencies and emergency services in a co-ordinated joint effort to maintain continuity of medicine supply to communities and patients cut off by the ongoing flood …
Full scope services need owner buy-in: Twomey
Government needs to see pharmacies delivering on expanded scope before they will fund new services, Guild president says Pharmacy owners are being urged to embrace full scope of practice services to ensure …
Sigma’s CSO joins PharmX Board
Strategic alliance sees Sigma’s chief strategy officer, Mark Conway, appointed to the board of PharmX Technologies Following the announcement of a five-year partnership, which will see Sigma Healthcare take a 10% stake …
Cost ‘major barrier’ to access, patients lowering doses
Resounding support for subsidising GLP-1s for obesity treatment, PBS public consultation submissions show, with quality of medicines issues present Submissions from 491 consumers, 25 health professionals and 23 organisations to …
Full scope feasibility gap in remote practice
“It is time to stop pretending that what works in a major city suburb will work in a small rural or remote town,” rural pharmacy group says Current funding models …
Junior partners scapegoats for others’ poor decisions
Guild leader flags concerns over corporate ownership structures following Infinity Pharmacy Group collapse Putting profits ahead of patients “a recipe for disaster in healthcare”, Pharmacy Guild of Australia national president, Professor …
New pharmacy applications soar post 60-days: Butler
Government reported “almost 300” applications for new pharmacies since it announced plans to implement 60-day prescriptions Despite warnings that pharmacies would close as a result of the decision to introduce 60-day dispensing, interest …
Islamophobia in health risks lives: Ahpra
Ahpra has issued a statement saying it is committed to eliminating all forms of racism and discrimination in Australia’s regulated health workforce Ahead of the presentation to the United Nations …
Vale David Pay
The AJP pays tribute to a much-loved contributor to the publication for more than a decade David Charles Pay wrote “The Wry Side” for the Australian Journal of Pharmacy, (AJP), …
Pharmacy hosts premier, gets robbed
A Victorian TerryWhite Chemmart was robbed on the same day it hosted a media event for state premier Jacinta Allan The Herald Sun reports that the premier was at the …
‘Your name’s on the door so you’re accountable’
Owners must be present for audits under new Quality and Safety in Pharmacy Program Pharmacy owners are being warned they could be excluded from Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) programs if their stores …
‘You have to unpack the belief system’
Deprescribing, especially when a patient is keen to remain on a potentially harmful medication, needs to be handled with subtlety and understanding, says one top pharmacist Speaking at the beginning …