Putting a lid on antibiotic prescribing
The Department of Health is considering restrictions on doctor prescribing of antibiotic repeats The Federal health department has undertaken a review of listings for the top five antibiotics prescribed with …
Who do you think you are?
Community pharmacists may lack confidence and a fully developed professional identity, impacting their ability to achieve a full scope of practice: study A study by researchers from the University of …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Antidepressants in the elderly Response to antidepressants in the elderly varies widely from 45% to 80%, compared with 35% …
Critical shortages round up
Medicines currently under shortage with critical patient impact include naloxone solution, adrenaline, Fluarix Tetra, MMR vaccines and more The TGA has published information about current medicines shortages that have a …
VAD: the pharmacy role in practice
As Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying laws are set to come into effect, the AMA’s WA branch is warning that VAD could facilitate murder From Wednesday 19 June 2019, Victorians with …
Poll: Are you happy with this pay rise?
Tell us what you think of the FWC’s decision on a pay rise for employee pharmacists Last week, the Fair Work Commission handed down its decision on the Pharmacy Industry …
The week in review
This week started with honours for seven industry leaders, and ended with the announcement of a pay rise for employee pharmacists Health Minister Greg Hunt announced an Australian Preventive Health …
Injecting room moves patients towards treatment
Melbourne’s medically supervised injecting centre has handled more than 1,130 overdoses since it opened, with many clients referred to drug and alcohol treatment Brunswick pharmacist and harm minimisation proponent Angelo …
End the exclusion
The PSA has called on the Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Taskforce to include pharmacist services on the MBS In its submissions to the taskforce reference groups, the PSA focused on …
Our five biggest risk factors
The overall health of the Australian population improved substantially between 2003 and 2015, a new report shows But further gains could be achieved by reducing lifestyle-related risk factors, according to …
Clinical tips: common ailments
So-called minor ailments can have a significant impact on patients’ lives, writes Carlene McMaugh Common ailments are those conditions that a person would reasonably be expected to self-treat on their …
Pay up 21%
PPA has urged the Pharmacy Guild to pass newly-decided pay rises of up to 15% on to their employees in full Professional Pharmacists Australia says that the decision by the …