Guild offers sinus care course
Guild Learning and Development is partnering with Care Pharmaceuticals in the development of a QCPP Refresher Training approved course on the management of sinus symptoms The course focuses on using …
Forum: eRx claims 3 seconds
“eRx claims 95% of scripts within 3 seconds. I am in a rural location and have times up to 30 seconds , some scripts need to be scanned three times before …
Professional services vs professional service
How to get professional service right in six easy steps. Glenn Guilfoyle explains A recent AJP article, We take a look at 12 key business-related findings and statistics from the 2016 UTS:Pharmacy Barometer, …
Contemporary management of hypertension
Hypertension affects around one in three Australian adults and continues to cause significant morbidity and mortality. Detection and management of hypertension has the potential to impact favourably on health outcomes …
Codeine solution a top priority: Guild
The Pharmacy Guild has reassured members it is doing its utmost in the lead-up to the upscheduling of codeine products With the May budget looming, the AJP understands that the Guild …
Staffing biggest rural challenge
Difficulty getting staff is the biggest challenge facing pharmacists outside the major cities, an AJP poll has revealed We asked rural, regional and remote pharmacists to tell us what their …
The week in review
We take a look back at the week in community pharmacy An opinion piece which called for supermarket pharmacy ownership and the end of CPAs has drawn ire from the …
Losing our bottle
Whatever happened to those fancy dispensary stock bottles that were so familiar sixty years ago, asks Ralph Tapping? The Whittal Tatum & Co jars and bottles, with their glass labels, …
A novel approach
Research led by a UTS scientist has shown the stimulation of bitter taste receptors could relieve features of allergic asthma Dr Pawan Sharma from the UTS School of Life Sciences …
Get vitamins from food, not supplements: nutritionist
Consumers should get their vitamins from food, rather than eating a low-quality diet and adding supplements, a New Zealand nutritionist writes Writing in the New Zealand Medical Journal, Anne-Thea McGill …
Victoria acts on thunderstorm asthma
The Victorian Government has unveiled plans to address emergency demand and help reduce health impacts from any future thunderstorm asthma event The Andrews Labor Government announced that it plans to …
Methadone thief gets three years
A man who stole a bottle of methadone from a pharmacy and was soon after found unconscious has been jailed for a maximum of three years Benjamin Robert Joseph went …