We want to be embedded in aged care, say pharmacists
Not a zero-sum game: pharmacists should be able to perform medication management activities – whether they come from community pharmacy or elsewhere, says PSA This week AJP covered the topic of integrating …
Diversity in pharmacy
This week’s podcast looks at the controversial topic of diversity in pharmacy In a profession that has been female-dominated (numerically) for many years, is this being reflected in opportunity? Similarly, …
Clinical tips: Hepatitis C elimination
What impact can pharmacists have on the uptake of DAAs? asks Carlene McMaugh Hepatitis C is now in a unique category of conditions where we have a medication that can …
Pharmacist blasted over ice trafficking
His pharmacy business and fishing venture failed… so one Brisbane pharmacist turned to crime The Courier Mail reports that the pharmacist, a father of one, was caught with 5kg of …
Toddler ingested lethal oxycodone dose: coroner
A coroner has emphasised the need for work towards real time monitoring to continue as a matter of urgency, in handing down findings on the death of a toddler The …
97 cases already this year
Australians are urged to be alert to lesser known signs of deadly meningococcal disease, with cases usually increasing towards end of flu season NSW Health is urging people to be …
Jack Perkins to keep diabetes awareness momentum
After its successful 2018 campaign, Amcal Pharmacy has announced it has teamed up with Mobil 1 MEGA Racing Supercars driver Jack Perkins for another term. Last year saw Mr Perkins …
World news wrapup: 18 July 2019
France to stop subsidising homeopathy; NZ Pharmacist of the Year lauded; cheaper medicines change Ohio pharmacy landscape France: French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn has announced that homeopathy will no longer …
Seven benefits pharmacists bring to primary carers
A new study has looked at how pharmacy delivery of comprehensive medication management can help improve the carers’ work life The study, published in the Journal of the American Board …
Is embedding non-dispensing pharmacists the ‘wrong’ approach?
Can non-dispensing pharmacists play a crucial role such as prescribing and advising GPs… or should this role be filled by community pharmacists instead Pharmacist researcher Dr Janet Sluggett, an NHMRC …
An Australian first
Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) is the first medicine to have additional indications registered on the ARTG via the TGA’s provisional approval pathway “Pembrolizumab’s indications now include the treatment of patients with metastatic …
‘There is so much more rural community pharmacists could be doing.’
A national ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to delivering pharmacy care discriminates against rural and remote communities, patients and pharmacies, says new group In the lead-up to 7CPA negotiations, Rural Pharmacy Network Australia …