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The week in review
COVID vaccination was a key issue this week, as well as the future of pharmacy, as NAPSA held its annual congress There was big news from the Morrison Government this …
What’s in the magazine?
The February AJP print magazine is due to land in your mailbox this week, with an updated look and content Readers of the AJP print magazine will notice things look …
More pharmacists planning to quit
Australia could be facing another shortage of pharmacists, with their workforce growth rates on the decline A growing number of registered pharmacists don’t plan to stay in the profession for …
Vaccine willingness growing
More Australians now plan to be vaccinated when a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available… and we look at why others won’t Now 79% of Australians say they would be willing to …
Bid for MBS items, new role funding
National pharmacist body issues call for MBS rebates and over $200m funding for employment of non-dispensing pharmacists The PSA is calling on the Federal Government to create new MBS items …
It’s a wrap!
Who were this year’s NAPSA Congress award winners and what did top pharmacy leaders have to say at the leading student conference? NAPSA Congress 2021 – online for the first …
Get heart smart
This February, Heart Research Australia is encouraging people to wear red and donate for ‘REDFEB’, as well as download a free Heart Smart pocket guide that could save lives This …
Pharmacy on the frontline
The Pharmacy Guild presents its case for a role in COVID vaccination to Parliament, but most of the heat falls on industry Guild national president, George Tambassis, and executive director, …
‘Myer’s Cocktail’ case leads to more complaints
A pharmacist has been told not to compound or dispense drugs including peptides, HGH or Growth Hormone Secretagogues until his case is heard The Health Care Complaints Commission had applied …
Pharmacy needs digitally enabled workers: FIP
A large proportion of pharmacy schools and faculties do not yet offer digital health education or training, new survey results show The findings are from a survey by the International Pharmaceutical …
‘We often get reports of interns rifling around the RUM bin.’
Fraudulent activity, drug use and supply, prior criminal history and dispensing errors are tripping up pharmacy students, interns and ECPs Despite not being fully qualified pharmacists, several students and interns …
World news wrapup: 28 January 2021
Pharmacists “summarily let go” in mass ShopRite closures; vaccine-tampering pharmacist to plead guilty; pharmacists spearhead minority vaccine uptake Keasbey, New Jersey: Wakefern Food Corp has announced that it will close …