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Statins vindicated: review
The potential harms of statins have been exaggerated and their benefits underestimated, a new review has found. Statins have taken a beating in the media recently: in Australia, a Catalyst …
UK cuts likely delayed, not cancelled
UK funding reprieve is probably only a delay, says Minister Only days after telling the Royal Pharmaceutical Society conference that planned £170 million cuts to the UK’s pharmacy sector would …
Don’t alter a framework that works: economist
A leading economist has backed the existing location and ownership rules of community pharmacy. Delivering the annual Judy Liauw address at the Pharmacy Connect conference in Sydney, economist Professor Henry …
Pharmacist MP addresses Guild conference delegates
She reaffirmed her commitment to help improve healthcare and support pharmacy Emma McBride, who is Labor’s MP for Dobell in northern NSW, addressed Pharmacy Connect conference attendees at the opening plenary …
Forum: Inhaler use: has technique improved over time?
As a primary care pharmacist and educator I have spent nearly all my working life educating patients about inhaler use. I was horrified to see that despite the best efforts of …
Bearing the cost burden
Why Hep C medicines have opened a can of worms for medicine supply A range of issues relating to the supply of medicines in Australia have been brought to light …
Clinical tips: dementia
Dementia should not be expected as a normal part of ageing, writes Louis Roller “Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, In second childishness and mere oblivion, …
15 comments from King Review national webcast
A live chat with the panel posed some tough questions and featured surprise guests The Department of Health hosted a live national webcast to allow participants to make comments and ask …
King Review national webcast: remuneration, location rules & HMRs
Participants posed some tough questions about pharmacy pay and restrictions, but what did the panel have to say? Chair of the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation, Professor Stephen King, …
PharmG game creates a simulated pharmacy
Working within a simulated pharmacy as part of a new cutting-edge educational game is what Griffith Bachelor of Pharmacy students can expect from this semester. Signalling a first in Australia, …
Forum: Pharmacists to aid GPs
According to a news item on the ABC the Health Minister has decided to trial pharmacists in GP surgeries. I can find this nowhere else. Where has it come from? Is …
Deprescribing is tough in “time-poor” environments
But it is an important advancement that requires our immediate attention, says this hospital pharmacist Sophie Paviour from Redland-Wynnum Hospitals in Brisbane has asked fellow pharmacists to be more conscious of …
