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Aged care salary: more or less?
Pharmacists embedded in aged care facilities won’t necessarily earn the full Government-funded amount, official confirms David Laffan, assistant secretary, pharmacy branch, Department of health and aged care, has told the …
CWH/Sigma merger ‘raises competition concerns’: ACCC
ACCC seeks further stakeholder submissions over Sigma’s planned merger with Chemist Warehouse The competition watchdog has listed a host of concerns about the proposed Sigma Healthcare and Chemist Warehouse merger, …
World News Wrapup – 13 June 2024
Political party pledges to deliver “fairer” pharmacy funding model; pharmacists call for OTC cannabis; and authorities issue kickback warning to pharmacies London, UK: Pharmacies in Britain could be in line …
Emergency pharmacists speed up pain relief
Pharmacists included on trauma response teams significantly improve speed and delivery of pain relievers to trauma patients, Melbourne trial finds The Pharmacists in Trauma (PHIT) Trial, conducted by Alfred Health …
Suspended sentence for Therapeutic Goods Act breaches
Business owner handed a two-year suspended sentence for his role in the unlawful manufacture, supply and export of performance and image-enhancing drugs Businessman, Ryan Gregory McTeigue, has avoided time behind …
State backs pharmacy in budget
Funding is being made available to support pharmacists to access training to work to their full scope of practice in one state Queensland has announced a $6 million funding package …
Pushback on blue pill proposal
Sildenafil downschedule to OTC again proposed, but doctors’ group rejects pharmacy model in submission The TGA’s medicines scheduling committee will consider a proposal for 50mg sildenafil to become available as …
Withdrawal a ‘very rare’ reaction, argues college
Topical corticosteroids are safe and effective, urge leading dermatology and eczema organisations in response to recent media reports about topical steroid withdrawal ABC News Breakfast reported on topical steroid withdrawal …
Suspended Supercar enthusiast mortgages home at 36% interest
A suspended Sydney pharmacist has mortgaged his home at a rate of 36% per annum, while a Supercars website run by his wife has disappeared from the internet The Australian …
30 oxycodone scripts in 88 days—and more
A pharmacist “failed in his role as gatekeeper” when he dispensed “vastly” excessive amounts of opioids and benzodiazepines to some patients, a tribunal has said The pharmacist appeared before the …
Pharmacy almost absent in honours list
Former TGA boss receives King’s Birthday honour alongside long-serving community pharmacists While a couple of long serving community pharmacists were recognised in the 2023 King’s Birthday honours list, it was …
The week in review
What a huge week it’s been in pharmacy: not just for the community sector, but for the whole profession, with two Agreements signed There was big news out of Canberra …