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Mistaken conclusions about pharmacy report?
How many pharmacies may close due to 60-day dispensing? There seems to be confusion over the number outlined in a recent report Economist Henry Ergas, who authored a recent report …
New NAPSA leadership revealed
Student body announces its executive team for the next 12 months The National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association (NAPSA) has announced its new President and executive team for 2023/24. The new …
Extension to Covid medicine PBS listing
Government announces a new demographic cohort will have PBS access to an anti-COVID medication The Federal government has announced that, from 1 July, the eligibility criteria for PBS access to …
The top twenty
Was it about double dispensing? We take a look at the twenty most read stories during the first half of 2023 While stories about double dispensing have, unsurprisingly, dominated the …
The pharmacy dilemma
Finding the balance between healthcare and business management remains a problem for pharmacy “Not all community pharmacists will be managers or want to be, creating a barrier to educating pharmacists …
Week in review
The 60-day dispensing saga continued to roll on during the week, while concerns continued to grow over the changes to the opioid treatment program 60-day dispensing remained the biggest topic …
Guild heads off government dispensing payment moves
It’s June 1938 and the Guild shows politicians the error of their ways while the AJP looks at how to compete with chain stores The passage of the National Health …
More evidence for charting
Call for more widespread adoption of medication charting in cancer units following study findings Use of Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting (PPMC) in oncology units is associated with significantly lower rates …
Should public hospitals be able to provide CTG medicines?
Stakeholders are addressing the exclusion of public hospital pharmacy from providing PBS medicines, under the Close the Gap scheme The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia is continuing its advocacy …
Ozempic shortage pain to continue until year’s end
TGA underscores ‘limited availability’ means drug should still only be prescribed for type-2 diabetes There will be continued “limited availability” of diabetes drug Ozempic until 31 December 2023 due to …
Chemist Warehouse plans ‘up to’ 20 Irish outlets
And the ‘McDonald’s of pharmacy’ will open a 7th new pharmacy in July says Irish press report Chemist Warehouse has plans to open as many as 20 pharmacies in Ireland …
New opioid deprescribing guidelines a ‘balancing act’
New opioid deprescribing guidelines have been published by researchers led by a hospital pharmacist In her work in the hospital sector, early career pharmacist Dr Aili Langford has already seen …