Work & the workplace
Manual entry a factor in e-script incidents
Electronic prescribing errors linked to practitioners entering patients’ mobile numbers incorrectly, the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) reports Close to 3000 enquiries have been made to the ADHA relating to …
Union ‘concerned’ about consequences of 60-day dispensing
Warnings of potential job losses stemming from draft Budget plans to introduce double dispensing is concerning union group, Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) Employee pharmacists are being urged to contact the …
Looking after each other
Pharmacists need to prioritise their own health, and those of their colleagues, if they are to continue providing optimal care to patients, writes Krysti-Lee Patterson As pharmacists, we have a …
How Covid ‘seismic shift’ led to burnout
The Covid-19 pandemic “crystallised” a lot of the problems already facing hospital pharmacists, says one sector leader – contributing to the current staff shortage John Evans, general manager, pharmacy services, …
PSA makes Indigenous healthcare pledge
Gaps in healthcare services for Indigenous Australians need to be “urgently address” the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) believes A new position paper released the PSA reaffirmed its commitment to …
CWH pharmacist scoops LGBTQ+ honour
LGBTQ+ health advocacy group, ACON, is honouring a North Queensland pharmacist for her efforts to develop training to support pharmacists caring for trans patients Chemist Warehouse’s Swapna Chaudhary was named …
Health workers feel undervalued following pandemic
Health systems around the world are failing to adequately protect frontline workers Pharmacists, dentists, nurses, physiotherapists and doctors are struggling with the physical and psychological scars of the Covid-19 pandemic, …
End culture of shame
Boosting employee connections and eliminating shame could help keep pharmacists in the community pharmacy workforce, says pharmacist Helen Lowy Pharmacy owners are being urged to foster an environment where staff …
Pharmacy schools need cash injection
Australia’s pharmacy schools need better funding to promote the profession to school-leavers, according to Professor Trent Twomey, the national president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia Elevating pharmacy education programs …
‘We as a profession may need to adjust our thinking.’
A study that started as a light-hearted project has shone a light on pharmacists’ plans to quit the profession Who would be a pharmacist? A group of researchers from the …
Feminised workforce opting for part-time roles
Increasing numbers of pharmacists are working part-time adding to the profession’s ongoing workforce shortage, a Pharmacy Guild of Australia national councillor believes While Pharmacy Board of Australia registration data shows …
Burning out: pressure on for emergency and ward pharmacists
Patients are risking getting their regular medicines late, having medication histories delayed and waiting all day for discharge scripts as the hospital crisis deepens The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of …