Pharmacy Announcements
Making a few changes
You may have noticed a few modifications to your AJP Daily newsletter this week…. We’ve made some tweaks to the AJP Daily newsletter this week. To make it easier for …
Grant awarded for deprescribing guidelines
A pharmacist has been awarded a $1.5 million Federal Government grant to investigate how to safely reduce inappropriate medications prescribed to older Australians Dr Emily Reeve, a researcher and Lecturer …
What’s new about take-home naloxone?
Free take home naloxone is available in three states under a pilot program. Here’s how you can get involved Every day, 3 people die from opioid-related drug induced death in …
In the magazine
Here’s what you can read in the June print edition of AJP, out to subscribers this week The June edition of AJP continues to focus on the evolving coronavirus pandemic. …
FIP names new Observatory head
Professor Ian Bates has been appointed as the director of the FIP Global Pharmaceutical Observatory (FIP-GPO) by the International Pharmaceutical Federation The appointment was made by the FIP Bureau at …
Undeclared sildenafil
The TGA has warned consumers not to take a product called Gold Max Pink capsules, as they contain the undeclared S4 substance sildenafil “The supply of Gold Max Pink capsules …
New COVID-19 resource
A new resource on optimal management of injectable medicines for Australians with COVID-19 disease has been released The resource was launched by the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia as …
Leading your team through COVID
AJP and the Pharmacists’ Support Service bring you a webinar on leading teams through the COVID-19 crisis FREE webinar – COVID-19: Leading teams through unprecedented uncertainty, by Helen Lowy, pharmacist …
Donations recognise frontline pharmacy workers
RB Health has donated $10,000 to the Pharmacists’ Support Service (PSS) and distributed ‘Thank You’ packs to almost 4,000 Guild member pharmacies across the country The donations were made in …
More events postponed
Some more pharmacy conferences have fallen victim to the COVID-19 lockdown The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced that its 2020 iterations of the Pharmacy Connect and Pharmacy Assistant National …
Avoiding burnout
Join a PSA webinar tonight (Wednesday 6th) to hear three expert panellists discuss burnout and reducing your emotional load, as well as managing conflict using de-escalation techniques. It’s been 5 …
AJP: changes we need to make
There’s been some changes made to our website, plus an update on our Easter period newsletter schedule It’s almost time for the Easter weekend, undoubtedly the strangest one of our …