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Reports hand sanitiser sold for five times the normal price
First hand sanitiser ‘round table’ held in Australia looks at costs and availability, while TGA cuts legislative red tape on manufacturing to facilitate urgent and continued supply Last Friday, the …
Tasmania gets extended emergency supply
One small Tasmanian town’s GP had to self-isolate because of contacts: a prime example of why the state needed extended emergency supply, says the Guild Sarah Courtney, Tasmanian Minister for …
‘Team effort’ needed for flu jabs this year
Doctors are urging patients to have their flu vaccines earlier than usual this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners said on Tuesday that …
Remove more red tape, says Twomey
The Government has moved on the continued dispensing instrument and therapeutic substitution – but do the changes announced today go far enough? Pharmacy Guild Queensland branch president Trent Twomey has …
Banned from practice until Nov 2021
A former pharmacist has been found guilty of professional misconduct over her running of an IV clinic in Sydney Former pharmacist Shadi Kazeme has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news SARS-CoV2: should inhibitors of the renin–angiotensin system be withdrawn in patients with COVID-19? Based on currently available data and in view …
Regulatory agility needed: Michaels
Hospital pharmacists have called on all states to follow the lead of those who extended emergency supply provisions The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has welcomed the leadership of …
Grants to help get through the double whammy
Mental health and well-being support is now available for pharmacists suffering the effects of the recent bushfires and now COVID-19 The Pharmacists’ Support Service has announced the availability of grants …
‘It is about keeping pharmacists alive.’
Pharmacists Mohamed Kaoud and Mahmoud Galal have written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, calling for help with both protecting and recognising the profession AJP has published their letter in full …
‘We need to change the way we run our pharmacies.’
The Pharmacy Guild has offered advice regarding Australia Post’s new pharmacy home delivery option Over the weekend the Federal Government announced that it would allocate $25 million to fund home …
The week in review
Another week into the COVID-19 pandemic, and as restrictions tighten on socialising and service provision, it’s been another huge week in pharmacy There’s been a flurry of change to legislation, …
‘I want to thank pharmacists for their efforts.’
The International Pharmaceutical Federation has announced the theme of this year’s World Pharmacists Day… and it’s timely, thanks to COVID-19, says FIP FIP announced that the day, marked on 25 …