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Bowing to pressure?
Epic only moved on a new parental leave deal because of employee pharmacist pressure, argues union PPA has responded to the Epic pharmacy announcement of its new leave entitlement deal, …
Get coeliac aware
Coeliac Awareness Week runs from 13-20 March 2019 A new campaign launched during Coeliac Awareness Week is urging food businesses to treat gluten seriously. Coeliac disease is an autoimmune illness caused …
AHPRA: We want it to be safe for people to report their concerns
The regulatory agency is midway through conducting a review on its policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding the confidentiality of notifiers In November 2018, the AJP reported the story of an Adelaide …
Fighting for higher pay
PSA is ‘waking up’ as an organisation and moving forward on key topics such as pharmacist remuneration, says president Chris Freeman The current rate of pay for pharmacists does not …
Commitments to pharmacy
We look at the Health Minister’s full announcement at APP2019 Health Minister Greg Hunt announced key measures to support the delivery of medicines and important patient services through community pharmacy …
A game of wolves
AMA is ‘crying wolf’ over its criticism of the TWC and Bupa deal, a Guild leader claims The AMA’s recent criticism of the deal between Bupa and the Terry White …
Not adding up
Study exposes links between prescription drug advertising and unhealthy lifestyles People with unhealthier lifestyle behaviours were more likely to respond to advertising of prescription medicines, a New Zealand study has …
Pharmacists better at following UTI algorithm
When Canadian pharmacists gained the ability to prescribe contraceptives and UTI treatments, the Government wouldn’t pay them… until patients themselves stepped in Speaking at the APP conference on the Gold …
Fake pharmacist caught out
A man who posed as a pharmacist has pleaded guilty in court, while a suspended pharmacist has pleaded guilty for holding himself out as registered A Sydney man has pleaded guilty to …
AJP chats with… Lauren Fried
Miranda interviews Lauren Fried, entrepreneur and TV personality, at APP2019
The week in review
All eyes were on the Gold Coast this week, as more than 6,000 pharmacists and industry players headed to the Australian Pharmacy Professional conference The biggest news of the week …
Priceline’s shop workers to get a raise
Priceline’s new enterprise bargaining agreement will help address the gender pay gap, says the SDA The SDA – the union for workers in retail, fast food and warehousing – has …