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Patients back scope expansion
Healthcare consumers are frustrated by limitations around pharmacists’ scope of practice, report reveals Consumers believe pharmacists can and should play a greater role in the delivery of healthcare services including …
A ‘very common’ incident
“Stop and think” before compounding medicines such as clonidine suspension, warns an expert, because it could save your patient’s life—and your career Errors during the preparation of compounded clonidine suspension …
Pharmacist ‘caught red-handed’ harassing colleague
A nurse was so afraid of a pharmacist colleague’s actions that she moved away from the area where she lived and worked, a court has heard The ABC has reported …
‘Significant distress to patients’
Recent supply shortages for first-line migraine meds hit patients hard and increased workloads, according to a PBAC stakeholder meeting Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CRGP) therapies are recommended as first-line medications for …
‘Our Christmas really has come early’
Eczema patients gifted with continued PBS listing of treatment after higher-than-expected demand nearly saw it withdrawn from the PBS Eczema support groups are praising the decision to keep a treatment …
Methotrexate mistake
Methotrexate packing errors continue to come to the attention of the Pharmacy Board, it warns The Pharmacy Board has published a new case study, highlighted in its December newsletter, which …
TGA prepares for discontinuation of Protaphane InnoLet insulin cartridges
Novo Nordisk to discontinue the Protaphane InnoLet human insulin (rys) 100 IU/mL injection multidose cartridge on 1 February 2025 Pharmacists can now use a Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument (SSSI) to …
The top 12: Longer reads
Each week we publish a longer form article to allow our readers to explore an important topic in depth. Which issues were our readers most interested in during 2024? These …
The top 12: Webinars
AJP’s series of clinical and professional support webinars continued to expand during 2024. What were our 12 most viewed webinars? These were our 12 most clicked webinars in 2024: Begin …
Vale Greg Hodgson
Pharmacists pay tribute to Greg Hodgson for his life of service to the profession and community, and his leadership of pharmacy cricket Gregory RP Hodgson PhC FPS 29th August 1930 …
Golf day scores funding boost for PSS
Pharmacists raise $8000 for the Pharmacists’ Support Service at the Victorian Chemists’ Golf Club’s charity day Without swinging a club, the Pharmacists’ Support Service (PSS) was a winner at the …
Blooms hits recycling milestone
Blooms The Chemist and Pharmacycle have now recycled more than 10 million blister packs from across its pharmacy network, the two announce Since Blooms The Chemist rolled out in-store blister …