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Hospital pharmacy backs upschedule
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists has sided with medical groups in their stance on the regulatory decision Last week, all State and Territory Health Ministers except for South Australia’s new …
Clinical tips: seasonal allergic rhinitis
Pharmacists can help clear up a lot of the myths around hayfever, writes Jarrod McMaugh Seasonal rhinitis may well be considered a pharmacist’s “bread and butter” – from the peaks …
Location rules in Parliament
A continuation of existing pharmacy location rule provisions is among the 2017 Budget amendments tabled in Parliament this week The measures are part of the National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits – …
Missing an opportunity
Australian pharmacists may be missing a major opportunity to expand their professional role by being unaware of continued dispensing provisions A survey of Australian pharmacists’ attitudes to medicine reclassification (ie. …
What will the 2018 flu vaccine include?
The TGA has accepted committee recommendations for next year’s flu vaccine, which brings a new virus strain into the fold While this year’s flu season – one of the worst …
Confirmed flu notifications surpass 200,000
This year’s flu cases are more than double those of 2015 As of 16 October there have been a total of 212,365 laboratory confirmed notifications of influenza in Australia this …
Inner strength
Ministers have gathered at Parliament House to discuss plans to improve bone health and reduce fractures – with 160,000 fractures due to poor bone health this year alone With World …
Real-time script monitoring laws pass Parliament
The Victorian government has passed legislation to allow a mandatory prescription monitoring system to roll out by 2018 The Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Real-time Prescription Monitoring) Bill 2017, …
World news wrapup: 19 October 2017
NZ pharmacists oppose codeine upschedule; most Zambian pharmacies operating illegally; Chicago moves to reduce script pressure New Zealand: Radio New Zealand has detailed a debate over the potential upscheduling of …
DOACs have bleeding risk comparable to warfarin
A new type of drug used to treat blood clots does not put patients at a higher bleeding risk than warfarin, researchers have found Recent trials have shown similar effectiveness …
Assisted dying debate begins
Debate has begun in Victoria’s Parliament about the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill Under the proposed legislation, pharmacists would dispense medication in a “locked box” to patients with life-limiting illness who …
‘Hard proof’ of asthma reliever over-reliance
Nearly 40% of people with asthma only use reliever medicines, new research has found A study led by Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney found that 39% of almost …