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The top ten
Stories relating to Chemist Warehouse again monopolised AJP reader interest over the last month, with pay and errors also rating Pharmacists’ fascination with all things relating to Chemist Warehouse continues …
Doc admits ‘very poor medical practice’
A GP has denied that his clinics were “just a vending machine for peptides” The Health Care Complaints Commission has issued a statement regarding Dr John Hart, a GP and …
What does it take to be an emergency medicine pharmacist?
‘No day is the same’: AJP speaks to a specialist pharmacist about what it’s like working in a hospital ED Christopher Hidayat recently moved to Canberra to take up a …
Staff praised over their reaction to fake cop
Pharmacy staff did a “really good job” when confronted with a woman who impersonated a police officer and stole drugs Sunshine Coast detectives have charged a 36-year-old woman with multiple …
The week in review
Vaccination was the hot topic this week, with the COVID-19 jab rollout running into trouble First, we learned that the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in community pharmacy would be delayed by …
Vaccine woes
Use of Astra Zeneca’s COVID vaccine to be restricted in under 50’s due to rare clotting event, with GP’s advised to cancel bookings The issues currently impacting Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine …
Stolen Endone leads to reprimand
Practitioner found guilty of profession misconduct for stealing restricted drugs and making fraudulent entries in medicine registers An enrolled nurse working in the emergency department of a Queensland hospital has …
Poll: Are you registered and practising… or something else?
Are you keeping up your registration – but working or studying outside pharmacy? Tell us in our latest poll There’s been a lot of talk lately about dissatisfaction in the …
Crime roundup
A WA pharmacy endures a dramatic siege while across the country, police explain an uptick in Gold Coast pharmacy robberies Mainstream media reported that police have charged a man over …
Sub-register extended
Ahpra and National Boards have extended the support available from retired pharmacists and other registered health practitioners on the pandemic response sub-register, for a further 12 months from this week …
‘Greed just overtook him.’
Following a conviction for stealing drugs including oxycodone and Ritalin, and on-selling diazepam to a man who later took his own life, a pharmacist is now facing a re-started Ahpra …
Pharmacy partners with Woolies
Sydney-based national online discount chemist SuperPharmacy has announced that it will join the Woolworths’ Everyday Rewards program This means that its customers will be able to earn rewards points under …