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Rural student scholarships open
Rural Pharmacy Scholarship applications have opened for 2018 Students from rural and remote locations who are studying pharmacy or are intending to study pharmacy have been invited by the Guild …
Vaping nicotine linked to later smoking
Teenagers who use e-cigarettes with higher nicotine content may be more likely to smoke, new research finds The use of electronic cigarettes with higher nicotine concentrations by high school students …
Government tactics under fire
Amendments to allow easier importing of medicinal cannabis go before Parliament as government tactics described as an “utter disgrace” The Federal Government’s decision to defy the Senate and continue to …
“More than $1 billion could be saved”
New report reveals potential savings of over $1 billion to the Australian economy, if just a few prescription meds were switched to non-script status The World Self-Medication Industry (WSMI) has …
Assisted dying: ‘the key word here is voluntary’
The Government won’t facilitate the approval of lethal medicines used in voluntary assisted dying, the Health Minister says And a spokesperson for the Pharmacy Guild says that the key word …
Hospital robots left with eight hours’ medicine
Nurses are warning that Royal Adelaide Hospital’s new robotic dispensing system is being under-stocked When the new Royal Adelaide Hospital opened with one of the largest Automated Pharmacy Distribution Systems …
Ruling: ‘a person served by a pharmacist is not a patient but a customer’
Is a pharmacist a provider of health services? One tribunal has had its say According to a recent legal ruling, one particular pharmacy at least may not be primarily a …
Stigma harms children in LGBTQI+ families
Discrimination, not same-sex parenting itself, is the source of harm to children, say academics and health professionals A group of academics and medical practitioners have written an update for the …
Time for national strategy on antibiotic prescribing
Researchers have suggested some practical ideas including default “no repeats” in electronic prescribing, tailored amounts With Aussie GPs prescribing between four and nine times as many antibiotics as they should be, …
Guild “strongly commends” real-time monitoring system
The Victorian Branch of the Pharmacy Guild has praised the state government for passing bill in Parliament last week The Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Real-time Prescription Monitoring) Bill …
Leading the profession
We speak to Jacinta Johnson, voted by readers at number four in our list of Pharmacy’s 10 Rising Stars AJP: When and where did you study pharmacy? JJ: I completed …
The week in review
It’s been a busy week, with several pieces of legislation affecting pharmacy The guarantee to preserve existing pharmacy location rules was among several measures tabled in Federal Parliament this week, …