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‘You did nothing but claim credit’
A senior official from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is claiming undue credit in relation to the NSW prescribing pilot Gerard Benedet, …
Lookalikes a risk, say pharmacists
Medicines which come in very similar packaging are contributing to dispensing mistakes and pharmacist burnout, says one pharmacist “Currently we are getting so many medicines in the same colour, shape …
Feedback wanted
The PSA has invited pharmacists, consumers and other members of the healthcare team to provide feedback on the revised draft of the Professional Practice Standards Version Six of the PPS …
PBS co-payment cut delivering savings: Butler
Patients have saved more than $18 million on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) listed medicines since the general co-payment was cut from $42.50 to $30 on 1 January Federal Minister for …
Provisional approval for adolescent bivalent booster
Moderna’s bivalent Covid-19 vaccine (elasomeran and davesomeran) has been granted provisional approval for use as a booster in adolescents aged 12 years and older The vaccine is the second targeting …
Perrottet pledges to fund pharmacist prescribing
Community pharmacies in NSW will receive a $20 consultation fee for treating patients under a pharmacist prescribing trial should the Coalition win next month’s state election NSW Premier, Dominic Perrottet, …
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 …