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Article clarification
We wish to clarify an item from an article in our magazine Items of potential confusion have been brought to our attention from a table attached to our feature ‘Vaccination: …
Gaps and inequities
One specialist cancer pharmacist has spoken out about the “postcode lottery” of limitations to PBS funding depending on a patient’s treatment location The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia’s head …
Slower pharmacy distribution sales hit Wesfarmers Health
Priceline delivers “pleasing sales results” for Wesfarmers Health, as pharmacy distribution sales dip Australian Pharmaceutical Industries’ (API) parent company Wesfarmers Health says it’s continuing to plow ahead with its transformation, …
World news wrapup: 15 February 2024
Slovakia’s “drug mountain” growing; Tonga’s “desperate” need for pharmacists; Northern Ireland pharmacist takes cocaine, dishes out sectarian abuse and death threats Slovakia: A “drug mountain” is growing as patients return …
Guild pushes strategies to tackle workforce shortages
Government urged to extend HELP to pharmacy graduates and lift cap on skilled migration to attract overseas candidates to fill workforce vacancies The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is calling on …
‘Tragic’ anomaly leaves patients in pain, pharmacists afraid: Chaney
Pharmacists are afraid to even talk about voluntary assisted dying on the telephone with doctors, the House of Representatives has heard Kate Chaney, the independent member for Curtin, has introduced …
‘Giving three tablets is nothing’
It’s the most expensive jurisdiction in which to see a GP – yet hospital patients are discharged with as little as a couple of days’ worth of medication Olivia Collenette, …
‘No person should be subject to abuse in doing their job’
One state is examining strengthening its sentencing for assaults against frontline health and retail workers, in a move welcomed by pharmacists The Tasmanian government has opened consultation on an amendment …
‘Really robust’ collaboration trial hoped to set standard
Researchers aim to help set collaborating prescribing practices as Australia’s expected standard of care, with a new project on reducing hospital medication errors Pharmacists are partnering with patients and doctors …
Minister ‘blown away’ by response to 24-7 pharmacy
In its first week, more than 440 South Australians have sought advice from South Australia’s first 24-7 pharmacy after hours A total of 384 people visited the Norwood National Pharmacies …
Watch: the PDL Guide to Medicines by Injection – a risk management perspective
PDL officers discuss key considerations for administration of medicines by injection and share useful new tools and resources What are some of the most common incidents around vaccination or administering …
Progress being made but no 8CPA yet: Guild
Guild aiming to resolve “remaining issues of contention” in “good faith” as 8CPA deadline looms Progress is being made to deliver the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA), but more urgency …