Polls
Poll: Does pharmacy need a shakeup?
The Grattan Institute has made six recommendations which it says will address “bad governance” in the pharmacy sector The Institute’s latest report, “Future Pharmacy: A better deal for patients and …
Poll: Your reaction to the 2026 Budget
The federal Budget had some wins for pharmacy, but the stakeholder bodies also outlined some missed opportunities… what do you think? Following the release of the Budget last week (12 …
Health workers stretching themselves thin in fuel crisis: top pharmacist
Personal sacrifice on the part of pharmacists – especially outside the major cities – is the glue holding the health system together, one pharmacist says In April 2026, we asked …
‘He was never asked to leave or banned’
One pharmacist tells the AJP how she would hide behind Consis to avoid a patient’s inappropriate staring – and another tells how she was scored out of 10 by patients …
Could pharmacy services impact practitioner safety?
As pharmacists’ work takes them further into one-on-one work with patients, are they increasingly at risk of sexual and other harassment? Pharmacists providing services such as home medicines reviews and …
Have you experienced gender-based safety issues at work?
As the nature of pharmacists’ work changes to include more home medicines reviews and other private consultations, are members of this highly feminised profession at risk? Late in 2025, a …
Poll: Are your patients worried about sunscreen?
With sunscreen recalls now appearing semi-regularly, we’d like to know – are your customers concerned? It began in mid-2025: Choice tested a number of popular sunscreens and found that 16 …
‘Real change in healthcare takes time’
An AJP poll shows that there are still significant barriers to pharmacist prescribing services – but it’s still early days, says an industry leader In late 2025, the AJP asked …
Poll: Are you ready for pharmacist prescribing services?
Are there barriers which could hinder your ability to provide pharmacist prescribing services? If so, we’d like to know There’s a growing sense of excitement across the pharmacy profession as …
Poll: Do you dispense medicinal cannabis?
It’s one of 2025’s most visible topics in pharmacy—is medicinal cannabis being dispensed safely? We’d like to know whether you dispense the controversial medicines, and if not, why not The …
Poll: Are you excited about AI, or worried?
It’s often a polarising subject – what’s the future of artificial intelligence, is it ethical and what applications could it have for your job? We want to know what you …
Poll: Handling burnout
Between increasing expectations and a workforce shortage, burnout is ever an issue in pharmacy. Have you ever been there? For the past few years, the problem of burnout among health …