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Trade show boost at APP 2017
An extra day of trade exhibition viewing will be available at next year’s APP The Pharmacy Guild has announced an additional full day of trading at APP2017, with the exhibition now …
Health Destination Pharmacy scoops key award
The Health Destination Pharmacy program has been honoured with a high-profile international award for practice improvement FIP has presented its first awards for best Pharmacy Practice Improvement Program and best …
Profs Aslani and Chen honoured at FIP Congress
Two Australians have been recognised for their services to pharmacy at the opening ceremony of the 76th World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Buenos Aires, Argentina Professor Parisa …
Forum: Are pharmacists greedy and capitalistic?
In a submission to the King Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation veteran West Australian pharmacist Ron Dymock wrote “Until recently the West Australian [ownership] situation worked very well with …
Pharmacy: 10 Women of Influence
Our poll enters its last week… vote now to help identify the women who are leading the profession into the future Well over half of all Australian pharmacists are women, …
Pharmacy Board responds to CPD plan uproar
Several announcements and newsletters have been sent to warn pharmacists about the changes since October 2015, it says With the end of the CPD period looming, many pharmacists have been …
“Several pharmacists have succumbed to greed and overt rampant capitalism”
The first publicly released King Review submissions include GP concerns over pharmacies as a “shonky operation” and frustrations over HMR restrictions and ownership The first five submissions that have been …
Pharmacist pay: what you said
AJP’s comments boards have been running hot this week, as the issue of employee pharmacist pay came to the fore First, we reported on the Fair Work Commission’s looming decision …
The week in review
We wrap up the last week in pharmacy It’s been a busy week in community pharmacy, dominated by the issue of pharmacist remuneration and whether pharmacists are being paid enough. …
Pharmacy by numbers
Seven key statistics that show the state of community pharmacy The Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s latest Survey of Independent Pharmacy Operations in Australia has provided a statistical snapshot of the …
No suspension after self-supplying testosterone
A pharmacist has escaped suspension after supplying testosterone to himself without a prescription Kameel Anton, from Maribyrnong in Victoria, has pled guilty to a charge of professional misconduct after facing disciplinary …
“Robot” babies fail to prevent teenage pregnancy
A randomised trial conducted in WA schools has had some surprising results Nearly 3,000 school girls aged 13-15 across the state participated in a trial to assess the Virtual Infant …