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Priority testing ‘a matter of common sense’
Pharmacists required to undertake regular mandatory COVID-19 tests are being forced to wait for hours in extremely long testing lines NSW pharmacists in hotspots that are required to undertake a …
Pharmacy assistant finalists announced
The Pharmacy Guild has announced a shortlist of 50 finalists in the Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award The opportunity to represent their state and to potentially win the Pharmacy …
Aged care QUM ‘long overdue’ says SHPA
Embed pharmacists in all healthcare settings providing care for older Australians, says the SHPA The Society of Hospital Pharmacists has reiterated the need for dedicated, embedded Geriatric Medicine Pharmacist roles …
‘Pregabalin is not a harmless drug.’
A pharmacist tried to warn a GP that his patient was a known “doctor shopper” – but the man still obtained large amounts of pregabalin and diazepam, and subsequently died …
Guardian knits for good
Guardian is celebrating another successful year of its annual ‘Guardian Angel Knitting for Good’ program Together with St Vincent de Paul Society, the banner group has organised more than 40 …
Top of the list
Community pharmacists will be among the first to administer initial doses of the Moderna vaccine from next month, PM confirms Pharmacy groups have welcomed the TGA’s provisional approval of Moderna’s …
Mystery of the missing meds
A Tribunal has heard of a pharmacist’s “flagrant” breaches of obligation including dispensing drugs of addiction on forged scripts, being unable to account for thousands of Endone and Duromine tablets, …
Keeping you in the loop
The pharmacy event calendar continues to suffer from pandemic- related cancellations. However, there is good news on the horizon Here’s a rundown of some of the latest developments in the …
$16 for jab ‘won’t even cover the wages.’
One pharmacy assistant has written to Labor politicians with a plea for better financial support in the vaccine rollout Sydney pharmacy assistant Eleanor Turnbull has written an open letter to …
Scarcity drives pharmacy substitution
Community pharmacists are now able to substitute Actemra formulations without prior prescriber approval, due to serious shortages Two tocilizumab (Actemra) formulations are now effectively interchangeable at the pharmacy level after …
Green light for Moderna
TGA grants provisional approval to Moderna, while the government secures a shipment of COVID-19 treatment sotrovimab as another tool in its arsenal to fight the pandemic The TGA has granted …
The week in review
Perhaps unsurprisingly, COVID-19 vaccination was the talk of the pharmacy sector this week On Friday a major change to the vaccine rollout was announced: all eligible pharmacies are now to …