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World news wrapup: 23 March 2023
Canadian pharmacist faked own Covid jab records; Irish pharmacist has rego cancelled due to opioid dependence and getting drugs on photocopied scripts; British peers speak out to support sector British …
Tassie flu jabs now in line with Covid vax
Tasmanian pharmacists will now be able to vaccinate children aged five and up – but pharmacists say more can be done The Rockliff Government’s has moved to allow pharmacists to …
McBride slams rural GP access barriers
Medicare is in “the worst shape it’s been in” since Emma McBride registered as a pharmacist, the Assistant Minister says Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and the …
Burning out: pressure on for emergency and ward pharmacists
Patients are risking getting their regular medicines late, having medication histories delayed and waiting all day for discharge scripts as the hospital crisis deepens The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of …
Employees back full scope push with caveats
Improvements to community pharmacists pay and conditions are needed before they take on new tasks such as prescribing, Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) says Data from a survey of PPA members shows that …
New partnership for aged care
A ‘pioneering industry partnership’ aims to promote medication safety within community home care A new partnership has been announced between aged care providers Choice Aged Care (CAC) and Aveo. CAC …
Pharmacist prescribing: the clinical merits
Australia has been slow to accept the extension of pharmacists’ scope of practice into prescribing. John Wilks looks into the international literature, and the impact of charting programs Pharmacist prescribers …
Calls for vaping crackdown—but also for looser rules
A study on vaping has led to renewed calls to tighten access to e-cigarettes, including banning their sale outside the pharmacy channel – but the Nats want them sold like …
Doctor barred for life, criticises victims
A doctor has been permanently prohibited from providing all health services after sexually assaulting patients The Health Care Complaints Commission has issued a statement about medical practitioner Dr Ali Kalantari …
GPs seek to protect pharmacists from prescribing risks
Authorising pharmacists to prescribe will expose employee pharmacists to “significant risks”, while delivering “poor patient health outcomes”, GPs warn In a statement responding to workforce capacity concerns raised by Professional …
Docs argue for paracetamol upschedule
The AMA has spoken out on the TGA’s recommendations on restricting paracetamol, saying pharmacists can help patients navigate pain management The Australian Medical Association’s submission on paracetamol scheduling supports limiting …
Multi-course approach slashes compounding failure rate
More than a third of students were failing this part of their pharmacy course – until an intervention dropped the failure rate to 1.5% A team from the University of …