News
SHPA announces residency program sites
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has announced its first tranche of provisionally accredited residency program sites. SHPA Chief Executive Kristin Michaels says 23 residency program sites have been …
Aboriginal kids top vaccination rates
The Australian Immunisation Register quarterly data today shows childhood immunisation rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has gone up across the board. Five-year-old Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander …
Make changes on evidence, not perception
Pharmacy Guild executive director David Quilty has stressed the importance of using solid evidence to support any policy and business decisions impacting on community pharmacy. Writing in this week’s edition …
A time of sales growth
‘Vibrant’ pharmacy sector outperforms retail, analysts say The pharmacy sector is experiencing double digit sales growth, outperforming the general retail sector, industry analysts say. The sector is seeing “dynamic and …
Forum: Common poisons legislation
“Seeing this article made me wish once more that the States and Territories could get together and create a uniform therapeutic poisons law. It’s been done with healthcare professionals registration (very …
World news wrapup: 3 November 2016
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world Minnesota, US: The Minnesota State Pharmacy Board is proposing new rules which would prohibit pharmacies from requiring pharmacists to …
Women in pharmacy
What readers said about our poll to determine pharmacy’s 10 Women of Influence Readers have reacted positively to the results of our poll to determine pharmacy’s 10 Women of Influence, …
Guild to change membership model
The Pharmacy Guild is proposing to change its membership model based on premises alone. In this week’s edition of Forefront, the Guild has flagged that its members will soon receive …
Vitamin D deficiency linked to childhood asthma
A world-first study has found a clear association between vitamin D deficiency in young children and development of asthma Researchers at the WA-based Telethon Kids Institute recruited 267 children at …
Blooms the Chemist Bundaberg named top Blooms
Blooms the Chemist has announced its Pharmacy of the Year: Blooms the Chemist Bundaberg. Jason Blanchard, General Manager of Operations at Blooms the Chemist announced the award at the pharmacy …
Stop gatekeeping S3s: Nankivell
Pharmacy tends to “gatekeep” S3 medicines and needs to move on from this behaviour in order to make the best use of this underutilised category. So says Belinda Nankivell, practice …
Forum: Reality discharge planning
“I have just locumed in a small regional town that services several quite rural and remote communities. Patients are discharged from a QH hospital and their drive home can be …