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Learning inclusivity
New offering for health professionals and organisations seeking to improve their inclusion practices to better serve the needs to LGBTI customers, clients and staff ACON Pride Training is offering training …
Optimising meds use in older patients
A new study is recruiting accredited pharmacists to examine how a support system can help in the management of older patients “People with dementia in the community setting are prescribed …
CWH article doesn’t fly with Guild
Chemist Warehouse is a “supermarket duck”, according to an article in the Australian Financial Review The AFR has taken aim at pharmacy regulations for the second time this week, in …
Pharmacy tests promote collaboration: banners
Two banner groups have spoken out in defence of pharmacy health checks, saying they help boost positive health outcomes Earlier this week, Fairfax media published a report which quoted Royal …
GPs refuse care due to cost
Bulk-billing doctors are leaving rural areas and refusing longer appointments for complex patients, the RACGP says Dr Bastian Seidel, president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, has told …
Med safety project a coup
Pharmacy IT group to lead a new project to explore the impact of digital health records in improving patient medication safety The Fred IT Group has been named by the …
US state sues Walgreens, citing its role in opioid crisis
Kentucky is suing the country’s second-largest pharmacy chain, for allegedly failing to monitor its shipping and dispensing of large amounts of opioids Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has filed suit …
Penalty over $22K pharmacy fraud
A South Melbourne pharmacy owner has been reprimanded and suspended for lodging 71 fraudulent PBS claims, which led to criminal charges A Victorian tribunal has censured the owner and operator …
Twitter roundup
PSA president’s tweet goes viral, while medicinal cannabis and opioids were a point of discussion… as was the World Cup of course My daughter who has ASD received straights Ds …
Medication misadventure
“I don’t know why I need to be on all these”: study reveals patient medicine confusion A new Australian study has highlighted the vital role played by pharmacists, especially non-dispensing …
Online courses address discrimination, harassment and bullying
Discrimination, harassment and bullying are major issues that can affect any workplace – and community pharmacies are no exception, says Pharmacy Guild It is important that pharmacy employees, pharmacy owners …
Cannabis and pain: it’s complicated
A new study of 1500 participants, recruited through Australian community pharmacies, has found cannabis may not necessarily be a panacea for pain Cannabis has been heralded as a potential alternative …