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Ad mentioning codeine comes under fire
Advertising for an ibuprofen/paracetamol combination painkiller is under investigation, says mainstream media… but are the allegations true? A spokesperson for the Federal Health Department reportedly told the Daily Telegraph that …
Eight ways to simplify workplace relations
The Pharmacy Guild has welcomed a position paper from the Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman on workplace relations simplification The Ombudsman, former pharmacist and former ACT Chief Minister Kate …
Flesh-eating ulcer research gets boost
The Victorian and Federal Governments are providing funding for research into the flesh-eating Buruli ulcer Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced that the Turnbull Government is stumping up $1.5 million, …
Smartphone ban teenagers’ wake-up call
Teenagers missing out on sleep due to screen time, stress and caffeine: Report A new report from VicHealth and the Sleep Health Foundation found that the average teenager only got …
‘Don’t listen to the anti-vaxxers’
While an anti-vax message warning pregnant women against flu vaccination is spreading around social media channels, health leaders are saying otherwise An anti-vaccination message claiming that the FluQuadri vaccination is …
A third of Portuguese get flu jab in pharmacy
FIP is marking World Immunization Week by posting on social media about how pharmacists help boost vaccine coverage International Pharmaceutical Federation president Dr Carmen Peña has announced that the organisation …
‘Pharmacists must be valued.’
The SHPA has called for pharmacists to be “appropriately valued” as their roles grow and change SHPA Chief Executive Kristin Michaels responded to an article published in the AJP earlier …
People with diabetes treated unfairly
People with diabetes face significant discrimination in the workplace, new Amcal figures have found Amcal’s 2018 Diabetes Care Review has revealed that a third of people with diabetes have received …
The two of us
We caught up with Balmain Pharmacy’s Caroline Diamantis and her oldest and wisest team member Monica Jamieson Pharmacist and owner Caroline Diamantis and Monica Jamieson have a combined 70-year history …
World news wrapup: 26 April 2018
More jobs for those willing to skip lunch; US pharmacist fights to clear his name; Prince’s family sues a hospital and the Walgreens pharmacy chain Birmingham, UK: A local agency …
Staff Spotlight
AJP chats with Dr Janet Sluggett, PSA’s SA/NT Pharmacist of the Year 1. Where and when did you graduate in pharmacy? I completed a BPharm(Hons) at the University of South …