Work & the workplace
Financial pressures limiting capacity of pay increases
Increasing business costs are limiting the scope for pharmacy owners to boost pay amongst permanent staff, annual salary report reveals Full-time community employee pharmacists are seeing modest growth in their wages in …
Pharmacies targeted by anti-vaxxers
PDL and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia issue guidance for pharmacists confronted by “disruptive, hostile and antagonistic behaviours” by anti-vaxxers Pharmacy owners are being urged to take steps to protect …
Discharge info often comes in ‘too late or not at all’
Community pharmacists “critical” to transitions of care after hospital discharge, review finds, but they argue need for better information sharing, access to patient records Poor communication and incomplete information transfer …
‘Regulatory uncertainty’ hinders telepharmacy uptake
Financial constraints, workload and privacy concerns also contribute to lack of adoption by community pharmacies, new Australian study finds Regulatory uncertainty, including ambiguous licensing requirements, liability concerns and inconsistent policies …
Chemist Warehouse staff ‘misclassified and underpaid’: union
Discounter could face compensation claims in excess of $10 million in relation to underpayment of staff, the SDA warns Chemist Warehouse is being urged “to take immediate steps to backpay” workers …
‘It’s important to invest in your pharmacists’
In this episode of the AJP Podcast, Sally Cairnduff explains what it’s like to work for a not-for-profit pharmacy servicing a rural community – and her lessons for the profession …
Council offers skills assessment extension
Policy change to allow overseas pharmacists waiting to secure an internship or visa, to extend the validity period of their Skills Assessment Outcome Overseas pharmacists who have passed an Australian …
‘Seriously subpar’ pay offer forced pharmacists to act: union
The Victorian government’s latest pay deal for hospital pharmacists falls short of the agreement made with nurses A 24-hour stop-work action by hospital pharmacists and other allied health professionals on …
Hospital pharmacists join industrial action
“Insulting and disrespectful” pay offers push allied health professionals – including hospital pharmacists – into a work stoppage Health Services Union members vote for stop-work action in Victoria after the …
Union lands pay deal with National Pharmacies
National Pharmacies staff are set to vote on an enterprise agreement that will replace the Pharmacy Industry Award 2020 A new pay deal being put to workers at National Pharmacies …
‘Role expansion needs system redesign’
Moves to expand scope of practice are going in the right direction, but new workflows and support systems will be needed to ensure services are sustainable, a pharmacist says Australian …
‘You can’t fragment care that doesn’t exist’
Guild leader hits out at RACGP’s “Chicken Little” arguments against pharmacist prescribing Warnings that pharmacist prescribing will lead to the fragmentation of patient care “do not stack up”, the president of the Pharmacy …