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The week in review
Two opposing forces lobbied for different ways to save patients money this week, while there was lots of medicines news and we looked at burnout in hospitals There was bad …
Community pharmacy incompatible with prescribing
Concerns about patient privacy and pharmacists’ workloads in community pharmacies are being flagged as reasons not to implement independent pharmacist prescribing Community pharmacies do not provide a suitable environment for …
Docs ‘gobsmacked’ to discover longstanding clause
In its latest salvo against the Pharmacy Guild, a doctor stakeholder group has slammed the remuneration adjustment mechanism in the 7CPA Doctor groups continue to lobby for 60-day dispensing and …
Pharmacy bodies declare support for Voice campaign
Leaders of two major pharmacy organisations are publicly backing the introduction of a First Nations Voice to Parliament Pharmacists are being urged to get behind the ‘Yes’ campaign ahead of …
‘The problem is they’re just going to get Ventolin.’
Stakeholders including pharmacists are warning that the change to criteria for prescribing fluticasone propionate will hurt less wealthy families – especially as we head into winter A change to how …
Pharmacist attacked with Jack Daniels amid crime crackdown
A pharmacist had to go to hospital with minor head injuries after a teenage thief threw cans of alcohol at her Channel Seven has reported on the Woodcroft, South Australia …
Did the paracetamol MR upschedule change overdose rates?
Rescheduling modified release paracetamol to Pharmacist Only did not significantly reduce overdose, researchers write Rose Cairns, Firouzeh Noghrehchi and Nicholas Buckley have examined the impact of the June 2020 decision …
Education key for readers in paracetamol poisoning
We asked readers what measures they supported to help reduce paracetamol poisoning amongst the general public… and there was one standout response Earlier this year, the Therapeutic Goods Administration announced …
Respected pharmacist on ice charges
A pharmacist has been fined after police found meth pipes in his car during two separate incidents A Queensland Magistrate’s Court has heard the case of a former director of …
Gone in 60 seconds…Ozempic’s latest disappearing act
Just when you thought supplies were improving, sponsor and TGA now foresee supply problems until end of June 2023 It was a brief respite but now much-hyped diabetes and more-often-than-not …
Pharmacies facing increase in ‘cyber activity’
Andrew McManus, Fred IT Group’s general manager service delivery, addresses the rising threat cyber criminals pose to Australia’s community pharmacy network and how to defend against attacks “The risk is …
The top ten
Fraud, medicine supply, ownership regulations and a certain discount giant were on our readers agenda over recent weeks These were the ten most read stories on our website from 12 …