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Going to the front of the queue
Healthcare professionals should get vaccination priority: Minister Healthcare professionals are likely to be given priority access to COVID-19 vaccines if, and when they are available, Health Minister Greg Hunt has …
‘The end point… is nicotine freedom.’
Health officials have outlined how nicotine for vaping, if it was to become regulated by the TGA, would be a smoking cessation aid, not a consumer good – but retailers …
‘How we treat the most vulnerable in our community is a measure of its people.’
A mainstream media pundit has attacked Melbourne’s supervised injecting facility and plans for a second… but a leading pharmacist says help is needed where the problems are Radio broadcaster Steve …
Keeping the costs down
Questions over the price of private prescriptions due to “commercial decisions by the pharmacist” as Senate tackles the question of medicine shortages Federal Senators questioned Department of Health officials on …
Shots fired between pharmacy groups
One pharmacy group has challenged another, alleging it took credit for the other’s work On Monday, the AJP published an article, Plans for Queensland’s pharmacists, which incorporated information from a …
Benjamin the First Bloke of pharmacy assistants
Benjamin King from Alice Springs Pharmacy in Northern Territory has been recognised as Australia’s outstanding pharmacy assistant of 2020 Mr King has been awarded the Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy …
Accreditation programs in favour
Medication review accreditation numbers are up as rule changes allowing more funded visits come into force The number of pharmacists seeking to becoming accredited for medication management reviews is at …
Under the spotlight
Pharmacist medication programs and DAA fees questioned during Senate Estimates hearings Health Department officials were questioned about the costs and details of a number of pharmacy medication management programs during …
Making sure there’s paper handy
It’s one of the burning questions of 2020. What makes someone want to hoard toilet paper, of all items, during a crisis? And is there any way of determining someone …
Victoria ‘owed’ a thunderstorm asthma event
Victorians with hay fever and asthma are being urged to be aware of the risks of thunderstorm asthma… and of COVID-19 The Maroondah City Council issued advice reminding Victorians that …
Plans for Queensland’s pharmacists
One organisation says it will push to allow pharmacists to administer more routine medicines, such as injectable buprenorphine, insulin or Vitamin B12 The PSA has congratulated the re-elected Labor Palaszczuk …
Jabs go beyond pharmacy
The WA Government has announced that pharmacists will be able to administer vaccinations outside of a community pharmacy Pharmacists will now be able to provide vaccinations to patients in places …