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Tasmanians thanked on vaccination
Tasmania’s inaugural conference for pharmacists saw issues including medicines safety in aged care discussed Last weekend the Tasmanian Branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia hosted its first State conference …
Shifting the debate
When it comes to pharmacist prescribing, the focus is too heavy on initiation and not enough on deprescribing, argue two pharmacy researchers The ongoing discussion about pharmacist prescribing rights in …
Disproportionate prescribing patterns
The top 1% of prescribers accounted for 49% of all opioid doses and 27% of all opioid prescriptions, US study finds A retrospective, observational study has examined the distribution and patterns …
Confusion reigns over EpiPen availability
Patient frustration at difficulty accessing EpiPens is understandable – but it’s unfair to call pharmacy “complacent,” says a leading pharmacist Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia chief executive Maria Said has told …
Chemist Warehouse a boon for EBOS
EBOS has announced “strong growth” in revenue and earnings with a pharmacy business boosted by its agreement with Chemist Warehouse The group has reported a significant increase in first half …
The lowdown on medicinal cannabis
Guild president and TGA among those addressing inaugural pharmacy sector-themed medicinal cannabis conference A new event for 2020, the inaugural ACannabis Conference has developed a program specifically for the pharmacy …
More services needed
Social researchers call for second safe injecting facility in Sydney There is a continued need for the safe injecting facility in Kings Cross but this location is not sufficient to …
World news wrapup: 20 February 2020
Restraining order against pharmacist who allegedly threatened to “shoot up his workplace;” ex-pharmacist alleges firing after refusing to sample cannabis stock; Hong Kong “like World War Three” San Diego, California: …
Digital grant
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia via Gold Cross Products and Services are offering a digital grant to eligible Guild member pharmacies After what it calls a very successful and oversubscribed …
Guild’s political influence again under media microscope
‘The Pharmacy Guild of Australia knows what it wants, and it knows how to get it,’ says Crikey’s investigative reporting unit The Pharmacy Guild often finds itself being discussed in …
All VAD cases compliant: report
The Victorian Government has welcomed a new report on the takeup of Voluntary Assisted Dying in the state To date, 52 Victorians suffering at the end of their lives with …
No criticism for treating practitioners
An inquest has found an ACT man died due to morphine toxicity, with signs he was stockpiling his medications A coroner has made an open finding as to the manner …