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New boutique pharmacy consultancy launches
A global leader in pharmacy dispensary solutions has launched a new consulting company, drawing on the wisdom gained working globally with retail pharmacies over the past 15 years Marta Stybowski, …
DDS announces PPI success
In 2016, the average Discount Drug Stores pharmacy achieved 30% more cases than the average Australian pharmacy according to GuildCare PPI statistics DDS says it has also achieved 32% higher …
Forum: donate empty S8 boxes to kinder?
“I have been donating empty boxes, bottles, lids to my children’s kinder and school for quite a few years for the children to make constructions out of. They have always …
How penalty rates will affect us: employees
Most pharmacists report feeling “disrespected as health professionals” by the recent cuts, with a full third saying they have decided to leave the profession due to the decision According to …
World news wrapup: 2 March 2017
We take a look at community pharmacy around the world Belanguru, India: A pharmacist’s plot to “expose” an e-pharmacy’s trade in banned drugs has backfired on him after it filed …
Chemist Warehouse group bankrolls local expansion
The Chemist Warehouse group is financing the expansion of a Bendigo shopping centre, according to local news media According to the Bendigo Advertiser, a planning application was tendered to the …
Stephen King drops out of APP
Professor Stephen King has advised that he will no longer be presenting at next week’s APP2017 conference Professor King, chair of the Remuneration and Regulation Review, was to have presented …
Pharmacy’s expo brings the community together
Samford Chemmart Pharmacy has organised its fourth Samford Health and Wellbeing Expo in a row, featuring more than 60 stalls Samford Chemmart, which won the Community Engagement award in the …
Pharmacist vaccination: where we are now
Thousands of pharmacists are now accredited to deliver jabs across the country This week the PSA announced it has clocked over 2,350 pharmacists in Australia who have completed its Immunisation …
Forum: What does ‘dispensed’ mean to YOU?
“i speak with many young pharmacists (and most pharmacists are young to me these days) and I have observed these new comers place a different meaning to the term ‘dispensed’ …
The 12 priority pathogens that pose the greatest health risk
WHO today published its first list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” – a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health The list was drawn …
NPS launches COPD educational program
NPS MedicineWise is launching a new educational program on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for health professionals Recognising that COPD can be a complex and challenging condition for health professionals to …