Australia’s top intern
David Paulmert from LiveLife Pharmacy Macrossan St in Port Douglas, Queensland has been announced as the 2018 MIMS/Guild Intern of the Year Mr Paulmert was awarded the title at the …
Bowing to pressure?
Epic only moved on a new parental leave deal because of employee pharmacist pressure, argues union PPA has responded to the Epic pharmacy announcement of its new leave entitlement deal, …
Get coeliac aware
Coeliac Awareness Week runs from 13-20 March 2019 A new campaign launched during Coeliac Awareness Week is urging food businesses to treat gluten seriously. Coeliac disease is an autoimmune illness caused …
Saving pharmacy in the bush
The challenges and difficulties of running a rural, regional or remote pharmacy are well documented, says Anthony Tassone, but have any government remedies worked? Successive governments have tried to establish …
A seat at the table
Guild’s push to scrap $1 co-pay discount led Health Minister to a unilateral call for the PSA’s place at the agreement table, says George Tambassis, as he also talks up …
AHPRA: We want it to be safe for people to report their concerns
The regulatory agency is midway through conducting a review on its policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding the confidentiality of notifiers In November 2018, the AJP reported the story of an Adelaide …
Fighting for higher pay
PSA is ‘waking up’ as an organisation and moving forward on key topics such as pharmacist remuneration, says president Chris Freeman The current rate of pay for pharmacists does not …
‘Pharmacists are at the frontline of health delivery.’
What Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader Michael McCormack said at his APP doorstop… “Pharmacists are at the frontline of health delivery, they’re at the frontline of health service,” said …
Commitments to pharmacy
We look at the Health Minister’s full announcement at APP2019 Health Minister Greg Hunt announced key measures to support the delivery of medicines and important patient services through community pharmacy …
Opening Pandora’s Box
Dr Cindy Pan – GP, TV personality and author – talks to Miranda Deakin about “life’s little nasties” in a discussion of the female body, sexuality and relationshipsThis content is …
Daily Dose: Wrapping up APP 2019!
One the last day of APP, we saw Dr Cindy Pan talk positivity, a performance from Kos Sclavos… and we also got to sing along to Kylie hits at the …
A game of wolves
AMA is ‘crying wolf’ over its criticism of the TWC and Bupa deal, a Guild leader claims The AMA’s recent criticism of the deal between Bupa and the Terry White …