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Pharmacist substance abuse presents ‘high risk’ to public
After multiple legal cases involving substance abuse this year, experts are warning pharmacists to consider how personal issues can start to affect work life While impairment among pharmacists is relatively …
Patients distressed by string of dispensing errors
A pharmacist claimed she was copying colleagues when she dispensed drugs for self-administration without a script An inexperienced pharmacist was working “extremely long” hours without sufficient support when she made …
Tobacco giant rejects CWH claims
Following controversy over a pharmacy vaping scheme described by one stakeholder as “kickbacks,” Philip Morris says Chemist Warehouse founder has made false claims Earlier this week, News Corp health reporter …
Hospital pharmacists urge focus on workforce strategy
Workforce strategy, funding boost welcomed amid ‘pharmacist burnout and dissatisfaction’ The SHPA has welcomed the ACT 2022-23 Budget, handed down this week by Chief Minister and Treasurer Andrew Barr, but …
Network founders recognised
TWC celebrates accolade for Terry and Rhonda White TerryWhite Chemmart (TWC) is celebrating the news that its founders, Terry and Rhonda White, were awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the …
World news wrapup: 4 August 2022
US pharmacist on trial over emergency contraception refusal; discounter corporate structure under scrutiny in NZ; pharmacists fleeing Nigeria Aitkin, Minnesota: A pharmacist has gone on trial this week after he …
RMMRs changing lives, with on-site pharmacists on the way
First study of its kind finds RMMRs reduce mortality by nearly 5% among older Australians in residential aged care facilities, providing “strong basis” for incoming Royal Commission changes Researchers have …
ACT Govt slammed over ‘needless restrictions’ on vaccination
The ACT Government’s 2022-23 Budget offers little support for Canberra’s pharmacists and ignores pleas for more support to deliver vaccinations, says a leading pharmacist PSA ACT Branch President Olivia Collenette …
CWH, PSA denounce Philip Morris ‘bribing the pharmacist’ scheme
Philip Morris offered to let Chemist Warehouse exclusively sell its vaping range, claims the discounter’s founder, as PharmaPrograms postpones the launch of its controversial program Pharmacy stakeholders have weighed in …
Pharmacist push as vax for younger kids cleared
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine given green light for at-risk kids aged 6 months to 5 years as Guild calls for pharmacist administration age to be lowered The Federal Government has accepted …
‘Common-sense’ changes secure access for critical medicine
Pharmacists no longer “stuck in the middle” as access to PBS-subsidised hydromorphone oral solution secured Changes to the PBS listing of hydromorphone oral solution from Monday 1 August mean pharmacists …
‘I urge all pharmacists to resist the lure of Big Tobacco cash.’
A “cash for vapes” scheme is claimed to involve tobacco giant Philip Morris making payments to pharmacists, drawing the ire of doctors who said some pharmacists prioritise profit Sue Dunlevy, …