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Emergency supply extended in Victoria
Guild calls for national approach to continued dispensing as Victoria becomes the second state to extend emergency supply measures The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services has made an …
NSW pharmacies can now trade 24/7
State minister makes order that allows for retail premises such as supermarkets, pharmacies and corner stores to operate 24 hours per day This week the NSW Government introduced the COVID-19 …
‘Uber’ for pharmacy delivery services expedited
MedAdvisor has fast-tracked support for pharmacies to offer home delivery, allowing patients to order, pay and request transport of medicines, with a metro partner in the works Australian digital medication …
Poll: How has your workplace been affected?
Pharmacists are reportedly being “smashed” on the frontline serving patients during the COVID-19 crisis… let us know your experiences in this poll More than ever, pharmacists need to consider how …
Managing stress in a pandemic
Pharmacists are dealing with a unique situation in the COVID-19 pandemic. Kay Dunkley from the Pharmacists’ Support Service describes some ways you can lessen the resultant stress, plus what you …
‘Impossible to predict’ how demand will unfold
Uncertainty thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic means Sigma won’t give full guidance as to earnings, but the wholesaler has achieved “outstanding” results, it says In a statement to the ASX …
Grocery hour for essential health workers
Pharmacists are among the health professionals who will be able to take advantage of a Coles dedicated shopping time slot On Tuesday Coles announced that it is dedicating two Community …
‘The public are looking to pharmacy to stand up in this crisis.’
The NSW Government has announced it will extend the special authority for emergency supply of medicines without a prescription Patients will be able to receive a maximum PBS quantity or …
New restrictions for hydroxychloroquine
The Department of Health has placed new restrictions on hydroxychloroquine initiation after a spate of ‘just in case’ overprescribing for COVID-19, and warned against use outside of current indications after …
‘The time is now to get rural right.’
Call for all parties to the 7CPA to give rural issues a priority While frontline pharmacists battle coronavirus panic, the Rural Pharmacy Network Australia is urging all parties to the …
The top ten
There’s been a lot of news in recent weeks, with the COVID-19 pandemic dominating the agenda. Let’s take a look at what our readers have been looking at Here’s the …
S8s case highlights ‘tragic and significant problem’
A GP and pharmacist has been suspended after his inappropriate prescribing of S8s painkillers and other drugs of concern The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted a general practitioner and pharmacist …