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‘We are not policemen’
PDL director advises on how to address patients “demanding” S3 medicines including SABAs While pharmacists need to be counselling on short-acting beta agonists (SABAs) overuse, it’s not their role to …
Asthma control, SABA overuse addressed
Leading pharmacist warns of 32-fold increased mortality risk associated with SABA overuse as definition of “asthma control” changes in Australian guidelines Changes in the Australian Asthma Handbook due to be …
Vaccination ambassador to elevate the voice of pharmacist immunisers
PSA names passionate pharmacist immuniser as its inaugural vaccination ambassador Melbourne-based community pharmacist, Anna Theophilos, has been named as the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s (PSA’s) first vaccination ambassador, following a nationwide …
The top 10: longer reads
Workplace safety, career progression, a game changing business merger and more. Which longer articles have you been reading? These are the 10 feature articles that were most read by AJP …
‘We are the only country who requires vapes to be sold in pharmacies’
Health Minister celebrates over 10 million illicit vapes seized as teen vaping rates slow, but tobacconists and vape shops remain key sources despite pharmacy-only laws Vaping rates for young Australians …
Multiple providers claiming same HMR referral: PPA
“Only one HMR claim can be submitted” for each referral, PPA warns Pharmacists are being urged to use Pharmacy Programs Administrator (PPA) service history checker to assess patients’ eligibility for …
Pharmacist’s ‘serious, flagrant, deliberate, repeated’ behaviour earns reprimand
A Melbourne pharmacist has come out of the ‘rabbit hole’ of Covid conspiracy theories, she has told a tribunal The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard that the pharmacist …
Online retailers taking paracetamol shortcuts: Guild
Community pharmacy’s record of safe provision of medicines is being undermined by “unchecked” online delivery services, the Guild warns A spokesperson for the Pharmacy Guild’s Queensland branch says the organisation …
The top 12: CPD
A dozen of our CPD articles that pharmacists have been reading in the first half of 2025 It’s getting closer to the pointy end of the pharmacy CPD year, so …
‘Chronic pain Australia’s missing national health priority’
Thousands of Australians with chronic pain are being robbed of “the best years of their lives”, due to “alarming diagnosis delays” Data from the 2025 National Pain Survey shows the …
Explaining wound care to children
A pharmacist has written a ‘wound first aid book for kids’ Melbourne pharmacist Angelo Pricolo has written what he describes as a ‘wound first aid book for kids’. The book, …
Cannabis laws ‘outdated, ineffective and harmful’
Pennington Institute releases plan “to safely legalise and regulate cannabis” Australia should “take the reins and plan a responsible, controlled framework” for the legalisation of cannabis, the Pennington Institute chief …