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The week in review
There hasn’t been a dull moment in pharmacy this week, with lots of Chemist Warehouse news, the return of double dispensing calls and a focus on safety at work Personal …
Vale David Coates
Tributes paid to a well-known community pharmacist Well-known Illawarra pharmacist David Coates has died after a long and distinguished career in community pharmacy and the scouting movement. David became a …
Paedophile’s targeting of pharmacist ‘opportunistic’
Queensland’s Supreme Court has heard the case of a man who broke his supervision order by befriending a “vulnerable” pharmacist and possessing a large quantity of Subutex The man had …
Vale Elizabeth Grant
Pharmacy mourns a leading member of the profession, who also served in politics Pharmacists, and the ACT community, are mourning Mary Elizabeth Grant AM, who died recently aged 92. As …
No pharmacist should be on Award rates: owner
Wage rates in the Pharmacy Industry Award 2020 should be seen as a “bare minimum” rather than a guide for paying staff, a pharmacy owner says Speaking during AJP’s Flourishing in …
RACGP, NACCHO aligned in enmity to pharmacist prescribing
Efforts to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice will adversely affect Indigenous patients’ healthcare two leading health bodies warn Assertions by the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACHHO)that the introduction …
Skerritt estimates hearing suspended five times
Outgoing Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) boss, Professor John Skerritt, endured an interrupted appearance at Senate Estimates yesterday The hearing was suspended five times in the space of an hour, as …
AI learning to predict poor opioid outcomes
Machine learning could help identify people at risk of adverse outcomes from being prescribed opioids, new research suggests Researchers at Canada’s University of Alberta have begun using a form of …
‘General deterrence looms large in cases of daylight robberies of pharmacies.’
“I don’t want to hurt you,” a woman told a pharmacist while she was robbing the store of opioids The Supreme Court of Tasmania heard that in September 2019, Carroll …
Chemist Warehouse families make rich list
Forbes has released its list of Australia’s 50 Richest, with two prominent pharmacy families making the cut – though their wealth appears to have dropped Forbes says that the collective …
Brokers to merge under Attain banner
Pharmacy sales specialists, Attain Business Brokers and Victorian Pharmacy Brokers (VPB) are set to join forces on 31 March The merger will see VPB Principal, Ken Green, and Paul Meehan, …
What you said
AJP readers have been vocal in their responses to our stories of late… here’s what you had to say about a few controversial subjects The issue of double dispensing attracted …