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Global Covid-19 deaths surpass one million
More than one million people around the world have now died from the virus in the past nine months There are now more than one million global deaths attributed to …
Women under stress
New research from Priceline has found that 95% of Australian women are experiencing stress – and for one in five it’s multiple times a day However, 59% of women have …
Diverted methadone implicated in another death
Multiple coroners have made recommendations for tightened access to unsupervised dosing and better education on storage, with further investigation encouraged in latest case A 71-year-old Victorian woman died in early …
Students take the (virtual) stage
Students from Monash University’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have been selected to present their research at the 2020 International Conference for Undergraduate Research Encompassing a broad range of …
Pharmacist catches out nurse’s forged scripts
A pharmacy reported a nurse to police for trying to obtain Duromine and Endone using forged scripts, leading her to be charged with 77 offences A nurse from Queensland has …
‘Brittle and sensitive’ supply chain impact in union dispute
One Guild leader has warned that there is a shortage of cholesterol and cancer medications due to union activity holding up shipping Pharmacy Guild Australia Queensland Branch president Trent Twomey …
COVID-19 and conduct: social media warning
The Board has warned pharmacists to be aware of their social media obligations, after receiving concerns expressed about the conduct of some health practitioners In the Pharmacy Board’s latest newsletter, …
‘Very, very lengthy delay’ torpedoes unfair dismissal case
While there was merit to be found in a pharmacy staff member’s application for unfair dismissal remedy, she had applied 242 days too late… The pharmacy assistant had worked for …
A day in the life of a pharmacist
Veronica Nou shares a story of a recent Monday that captures the whole-person care offered by pharmacists 9.01am – Greek woman in her sixties enters the pharmacy in a state …
Heavy metal: Ayurvedic warning
The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission has issued a public warning about heavy metals in Ayurvedic medicine, after it began investigating a practitioner’s claims about reversing autism The Commission has …
End of an era at NPS MedicineWise
NPS MedicineWise Chair Dr Andrew Knight has thanked Debbie Rigby for her “invaluable” contribution to NPS MedicineWise over the past twelve years Ms Rigby is stepping down as a director …