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Concerns over underuse of crucial program
Medication reviews are conducted for only a fraction of people who enter residential aged care, a new study has found While most residential aged care residents could benefit from RMMRs, …
The week in review
There’s been a lot happening in pharmacy this week, with COVID-19 vaccine and scheduling news coming to the fore Pharmacist and ALP MP for Dobell Emma McBride called in Parliament …
Security at risk
The health sector leads the way in data security breaches, with pharmacy expert saying more investment in prevention is needed Health service providers are once again responsible for the single …
Ten-year sentence for fraud
A former pharmacist is to pay restitution of nearly $29 million and a $16 million monetary judgement, for his role in a “massive” health care fraud US media including the …
Choose to challenge
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland Branch, is inviting women in pharmacy and primary health care to join its International Women’s Day Breakfast The breakfast, which will be run as …
Targin, hormonal drugs identified in alert
PDL has already received a number of reports and one error relating to active ingredient prescribing changes Mandatory changes came into effect from 1 February requiring all prescribers to include …
Perth is the latest city to suffer a COVID quarantine breach
Why does this keep happening? asks Michael Toole, Burnet Institute Here’s a newspaper headline from May 27, 2020: “Worker at Melbourne quarantine hotel tests positive for COVID-19”. And here’s one …
Clinical tips: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Keep an eye out for patients coming in to buy anti-diarrhoeals and pain medicines, write Esther Lau and Lisa Nissen Everyone can relate to symptoms like abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, …
Pharmacist up on assault charge
A pharmacist has been sentenced to a good behaviour bond after she hit her child with a coat hanger News Corp media report that the Queensland pharmacist, who has not …
‘Hundreds of prescriptions that should not have been issued.’
A GP blamed printer malfunctions and two patients for a large number of scripts for alprazolam, diazepam and testosterone to two patients A GP’s registration has been cancelled for excessive …
Concerns over substitution by pharmacists
Mixed views over medicine substitution by pharmacists as Parliament debates TGA amendment bill There have been divergences of opinions expressed in Federal Parliament about the substitution of medicines by pharmacists …
Show us the money
Pharmacists need to be properly remunerated for providing vaccinations and other non-PBS services, pharmacist MP says Federal MP and pharmacist, Emma McBride, has called in Parliament for the adequate funding …