Clinical tips: residential aged care
Karalyn Huxhagen unpicks the ways in which pharmacists should be utilised in residential aged care… with appropriate remuneration The recent announcement of the Royal Commission into Aged Care facilities is …
The aged care dilemma
A national residential medication chart is urgently required if we are to begin to fix one pharmacy-relevant aspect of the aged care crisis, says Anthony Tassone The recent revelations …
A new population of smokers?
Relaxing current regulations on e-cigarettes is unlikely to result in further smoking cessation in young adults as most are using them for enjoyment, say Australian researchers Among Australian young adults …
Pharmacists warned on pholcodine cough mixtures
Anaesthetists are calling for a ban, or an upschedule to Prescription Only, for cough medicines containing pholcodine Dr Paul McAleer, a specialist anaesthetist and chair of the multidisciplinary organisation The …
Could pharmacists help detect cancer earlier?
Researchers suggest that better engagement with pharmacists over early cancer symptoms could help with earlier diagnosis The researchers, from the University of Aberdeen, say that few studies in the UK …
‘Cancer changed everything’
Early career pharmacist and cancer survivor Jessica Chapman-Goetz is determined to inspire fellow pharmacists to provide supportive oncology care It was a sunny summer’s day in December 2015 and Jessica …
World news wrapup: 4 October 2018
Pharmacist jailed over plot to kill his ex; “steep increase” in UK pharmacy closures; man wins discrimination case against Irish Boots store Ontario, Canada: A pharmacist has been jailed for …
Require DAAs for chronic meds in aged care: Guild
The Guild supports pharmacists in addressing abuse of older Australians, says its executive director Writing in this week’s edition of Forefront, David Quilty has highlighted the role pharmacists play in …
No appeal over ice pipe sentence
Days after being jailed for supplying synthetic cannabis, a pharmacist has had an application to appeal his sentence for importing ice pipes knocked back Hoang Nam Nguyen, a community pharmacist …
Biologics switching is in pharmacists’ scope
Pharmacists’ authority to use their expertise to substitute one medicine for another should also apply to biological medicines, says FIP The International Pharmaceutical Federation has published a revised Statement of …
Ventura names top pharmacist and pharmacy
Ventura Health has outlined its vision of the future customer and named its top pharmacist at its second health expo The group headed to the Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley, where …
Retail pharmacists vs clinical pharmacists?
All pharmacists should be called clinical pharmacists, and to differentiate roles we should simply use the setting in which they practice, argues Alicia Martin Earlier this year I was invited …