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The blame game: Part 2
“As an employer I am embarrassed at the low wages I have to pay my pharmacists,” owner tells King Review panel Over the past few months, AJP has covered in …
Home and Away star slams pharmacy on EC
A former soap star has written a blog complaining about her treatment in a pharmacy when attempting to obtain emergency contraception Writer and former Home and Away actor Christie Hayes wrote …
Discount Drug Stores expands into ACT
Discount Drug Stores has opened its first store in the ACT and plans to roll out more stores around the nation. Now in their 15th year of operation Discount Drug …
Gabby Squires is Victorian Pharmacy Assistant of the Year
Gabby Squires from Jenny Milner-Marsha Watson Pharmacy has been selected to represent Victoria at the national finals of the 2016 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/GuildSuper Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award. …
‘We can’t afford not to’ spend on public health
Shadow Health Minister Catherine King has said that Labor will continue to fight proposed increases to PBS co-payments. Ms King opened the joint PHAA 44th Annual Conference and 20th Chronic …
New course on Ellipta devices in COPD and asthma
With just two weeks until the end of the CPD year, the Guild Academy has announced an online course to assist pharmacists in understanding the use of Ellipta devices in …
Three key pillars of good public health
Protection, promotion, prevention are three key pillars for good public health and provide a framework for improving the public’s health, PHAA CEO Michael Moore says Adequate investment by governments and …
SA project to tackle antibiotic use in aged care
Southern Cross Care is aiming to help improve the use of antibiotics in some of its aged care facilities with a project led by leading pharmacists Southern Cross has partnered …
Forum: merchant fees disadvantaging small, independent retailers?
Are new advances in payment technology costing small retailers more? Our pharmacy recently changed banks for our merchant facility (eftpos machine). We have moved from a blended rate for visa …
The week in review
It’s been another busy week for the pharmacy sector – and for once, the King Review was not the only review that got people talking. The long-awaited response to the …
‘There will be a mass exodus of bright young pharmacists’
Across the country pharmacists are doing it tough, with low (and dropping) wages a key theme emerging in submissions to the King Review At PSA16, Lance Emerson announced that, “Pharmacist …
Owners speak up on location rules
Should they be left alone, tweaked or scrapped altogether? King Review submissions reveal a variety of opinions So far the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation has received and published …