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‘Don’t be an automaton.’
After a pharmacist was reprimanded for dispensing a medicine which killed her patient, PDL offers some advice on discussing worrying scripts with doctors Earlier this week, the AJP reported on …
‘This is a stuff-up and it really needs to be fixed.’
Funding program for rural, regional and remote pharmacy misses the mark, say pharmacists who claim they are worse off under recent changes The new Regional Pharmacy Maintenance Allowance (RPMA) does …
Fakes focus needs ‘full inclusion’ of pharmacists
Curriculum guide to support educators in helping pharmacists better prevent substandard or falsified medicines and medical products from reaching patients now available The guide has been published by the International …
‘If nothing changes then nothing changes.’
Pharmacists report the worst shortages they can recall, as an AMA head suggests stockpiling of critical drugs and a return to Australian manufacturing Patients are being slammed by the cost …
World news wrapup: 21 January 2021
Pharmacy allegedly bought 61 times the state average of fentanyl; actor asked to leave LA pharmacy for going maskless; customer queued at pharmacy and said they had COVID Cleveland, Ohio: …
APP2021 program now available
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has released its program for the Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference and Trade Exhibition The conference is expected to take place on 20-23 May on the …
Poll: Is pharmacy ready for the COVID vaccine?
Is pharmacy ready for its planned role in Phase 2 of the COVID vaccine rollout? We want to find out what our readers believe Health Minister Greg Hunt has said …
CWH lease matter to head to WA Supreme Court
A high-profile pharmacist was set to lease a new pharmacy premises and even introduced the necessary doctor to the developer… but was then told the lease would go to a …
Health Department agrees to six-month grace period
Leeway offered to pharmacy during transition to Active Ingredient Prescribing Pharmacists are being urged to prepare for changes coming into effect from Monday 1 February 2021, which will see mandatory …
Council wanted $11k over advertising spat
The owner of a Melbourne pharmacy has been told to pay his local Council more than $5000 after he installed unauthorised billboards around his shop The Victorian Civil and Administrative …
Local study critical
The Pharmacy Guild has congratulated James Cook University as the institution reports a positive response to its expanded pharmacy program Last week James Cook University reported that it has seen …
TGA moves to reassure Australians on COVID-19 vaccine
The regulator has pointed to its “extremely rigorous” approval process after reports of some deaths in elderly individuals in Norway vaccinated with the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine The TGA has emphasised …