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Pharmacy worker has COVID-19, CWH on watch list
A hospital pharmacy worker has tested positive to COVID-19 after working across multiple sites, and a Chemist Warehouse has been added to NSW Health’s watch list As numbers rise in …
Govt reveals actual spend on community pharmacy
How much money went to Australia’s 5800+ community pharmacies for drugs, dispensing and pharmacy programs in 2019-20? A PBS report reveals all The Federal Government remunerated community pharmacies and friendly …
The top ten: We’ve got opinions
What are your peers saying about their careers, fears and lives? We reveal our top ten opinion columns for 2020 Our readers want to hear from their peers. that’s the …
Ready for more disaster
The wholesalers say their Rapid Response teams are ready, with additional new storage capacity, increased information sharing, to meet more challenges this summer The National Pharmaceutical Services Association says that …
‘More skill and training than is available at a shopping centre pharmacy.’
Doctors have again slammed the idea of pharmacists vaccinating against COVID-19, saying they will be inadequately skilled and trained The Australian Medical Association’s Queensland branch issued a statement saying that …
A core list
The Queensland Government has partnered with the PSA and other stakeholders to develop a Core Palliative Care Medicines List for Queensland community patients The List has been developed as part of …
World news wrapup: 17 December 2020
Drunk pharmacist attacks passers-by with sword; COVID vaccine refusal among UK pharmacists; warning not to stockpile ahead of Brexit transition end Balasore, India: Pharmacist Subasish Tudu has reportedly gone on …
Doing a proper clean
Issues with pharmacy cleaning processes during the pandemic revealed by survey, with script baskets highlighted as a risk The majority of pharmacists are not fully aware of the proper infection …
Pharmacist spotted forged script
A pharmacist noticed that a nurse’s script for Duromine was unlikely to be genuine… resulting in the nurse being reprimanded The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard the case …
The top ten: Features
Careers, colds, codeine and COVID: which of our features were pharmacists reading this year? In the first of series looking at our most read articles in 2020, we look at …
High levels of anxiety, depression symptoms found among Aussie women
The Jean Hailes Women’s Health Survey 2020 has uncovered some shocking statistics on wellbeing, mental health and domestic violence during year of Covid, bushfires Jean Hailes for Women’s Health has …
Keeping skin safe
La Roche Posay announces official partnership with non-profit charity, Skin Check Champions, ahead of the summer season The partnership was unveiled this month at a new sun-safe education hub called …