Polls
Poll: Do you do compounding in your pharmacy?
And if so, what do you know about non-sterile compounding of medicines? Compounding is the arm of pharmacy that involves preparing personalised medications for patients. Marina Holt, Education and Training …
Poll: Should there be mandatory work requirements for owners?
How many hours do you think pharmacy owners should be required to work in their pharmacies During the recent inquiry into the establishment of a pharmacy council and pharmacy ownership …
Poll: how many pharmacies should you own?
There’s been much talk of late of who should own pharmacies… but what about the number of pharmacies an individual owns? Thanks to the Queensland Inquiry into the pharmacy sector, …
Pharmacy and the environment
Should pharmacists have a bigger role to play in sustainability and the protection of the environment? From medicines waste disposal to the health impacts of climate change, environmental issues go …
Little support for ownership changes
AJP’s latest poll has suggested what many already know: that pharmacists overwhelmingly support pharmacist ownership In our latest poll, we asked readers to tell us who, if there was to …
This sporting life
Does your pharmacy currently specialise in sports health and wound care? Would you like to? Let us know in our new poll Sports medicine and sports health care is a …
Poll: Do you think vitamins and supplements are ‘mostly harmless’ or worthwhile?
Sometimes data on vitamins and supplements appears conflicting, leaving consumers with mixed messages about whether they should or shouldn’t take them A GP recently wrote in Medical Observer that vitamins …
Poll: who should own pharmacies?
AJP wants to know who you think should be allowed to own pharmacies in Australia With the public hearings held as part of Queensland’s inquiry into the pharmacy sector wrapping …
Poll: Pharmacists in GP surgeries
The concept of integrating pharmacists into GP practices continues to move forward – but what do pharmacists think of the idea? Evidence is emerging which shows value in clinical pharmacists …
Minerals and mood disorders
What do you know about the link between depression, magnesium and zinc levels? Australians spend a whopping $2 billion on vitamins and supplements in Australia, but a recent survey of …
The future setters
It’s the last chance to have your say in nominating your choices for the people who are leading pharmacy into the future We’ve been inundated with a range of nominations …
Poll: Are MedsChecks ‘double-dipping’?
A Federal Senator recently questioned whether MedsChecks represent pharmacists being paid for ‘doing their job’. Do you agree? A Federal Senator questioned whether pharmacies should be remunerated for providing services …