News
RAT program off to rocky start
Close to half of AJP readers are not participating in the concessional RAT program, our poll reveals Last week, the AJP asked whether readers’ pharmacies are taking part in the …
Medicines should be ‘affordable’
“Timely, equitable and reliable” access to medicines a top priority in refreshed medicines policy, but alternative models to community pharmacy dispensing not addressed Pharmacy groups have seen some of their …
‘Created by students, for students.’
NAPSA publishes inaugural issue of the first peer-reviewed pharmacy students’ journal in the world A scoping review conducted by fourth-year pharmacy students Vasilios Sotiropoulos and Matthew Perry in 2018 found …
RAT prices: ACCC on the move
Complaints about pharmacies continue, but smaller stores are outstripping them on RAT price complaints, as the ACCC investigates reports Governments redirected the tests The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has …
‘Almost no independent clinical reasoning on the part of any pharmacists.’
Two pharmacists have had their registration cancelled after failing to notice or intervene in widespread inappropriate dispensing at their store The pair were the co-owners of a southern Sydney pharmacy, …
Student interest in pharmacy waning, warns SHPA
Waiving HECS fees for regional, rural and remote pharmacy students and boosting accelerated graduate-entry pharmacy courses are among the ideas raised by SHPA The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia …
Pharmacies getting ‘strong supplies’
While it’s still patchy, the rapid antigen test supply situation is looking up for pharmacies, Greg Hunt says Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has flagged what he says is a …
One in five can’t afford scripts
Rising concerns over the cost of food and fuel are matched by community fears that the increasing costs of medicines are putting many out of reach for a lot of …
CWH overcharged me $4k, woman says
Chemist Warehouse staff did not know how to reverse an overcharge of more than $4,000, a woman claims Stuff reports that when Sarah Clear went to the Chemist Warehouse at …
Missing medicines
Almost 20% of medications are unaccounted for in Australian hospital electronic administration records A new study has revealed alarming quantities of medications supplied to hospital wards and EDs are not …
Workforce worries to impact market
While the pharmacy market remains strong for now, workforce issues have been identified as the looming threat There has been a marked jump in the number of pharmacy owners …