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Health ‘hamstrung’ by constraints on pharmacists
Pharmacists’ skills are being wasted by “rigid scope-of-practice rules,” says Catholic Health Australia In its submission to the Economic Reform Roundtable, Catholic Health Australia (CHA) has called on the federal …
World news wrapup: 14 August 2025
Nearly 90% of UK pharmacists report skyrocketing aggression and shoplifting; CDC shooter attacks from pharmacy; Ireland looks at professional services price transparency UK: A whopping 88% of pharmacies have seen …
‘Administrative oversight’: Jack Gance’s Sigma holding slightly understated
The ASX-listed company has corrected records to show the CWH co-founder had marginally more shares in Sigma than originally stated at the time of the historic merger vote Sigma Healthcare …
The top 10: Business news
Developments with the big players dominated our reader’s most read business and industry news stories in the first half of the year These were the 10 most read business news …
Penalty and overtime rates ‘not optional extras’: union
Professional Pharmacists Australia backs legislation to protect penalty and overtime rates Moves to enshrine protections for penalty and overtime rates will provide certainty for low-income earners, the Shop, Distributive and …
‘Long hard road’ ends as pharmacist escapes conviction
A Tasmanian pharmacist who dispensed on out-of-date scripts and issued unauthorised repeats is keen to get back to work, a court has heard The Advocate reports that the pharmacist pleaded …
‘High risk, high stakes’: Errors involving children
Pharmacists share shocking case studies, with one seeing up to 1000-times dose errors for clonidine while another witnessed a child develop opioid dependency Leading pharmacists are warning the profession to …
TGA raids ‘Candy’ store for $40k of vapes
Tobacco control under the spotlight as the TGA warns on nicotine pouches and highlights a recent raid, and the health minister talks illegal tobacco As part of its ongoing effort …
‘An amazing day in pharmacy’
UWA celebrates the graduation of its first Doctor of Pharmacy students, from a program designed to produce “future-ready pharmacists” The first Doctor of Pharmacy students at the University of Western …
Artificial intelligence takes on pharmacy students
Popular large language models such as ChatGPT are becoming increasingly popular, but research suggests they fall short in answering pharmacy-related questions Limitations on the technology behind generative artificial intelligence (AI) …
Creon shortage forecast
Unexpected global demand prompts sponsor to warn of anticipated shortages of two strengths of Creon capsules Viatris is warning that supplies of Creon (pancreatic extract) 25,000 unit and 35,000 unit …
Pay bump secured for pharmacy assistants
New deal to deliver improved pay and conditions for public hospital-based pharmacy assistants, union says Pharmacy assistants will be among the 60,000 public health workers to benefit from a new …