‘We need community services to stay in the hands of the community.’
Several patient stakeholder groups have made submissions to the Queensland pharmacy inquiry—and none support ownership deregulation Instead, there is significant support for the current ownership model, as well as an …
No direct marketing for genetic testing: RCPA
Complex medical tests should always be requested by, and after discussion with, an experienced medical practitioner, says the RCPA This approach applies to all medical tests, says the Royal College …
Why opioid dependence treatment is hampered
Stakeholders including a well-known community pharmacist are calling for improvement in the dispensing of opioid treatment Treatment for opioid dependence is hampered by lack of availability, acceptability and affordability of …
healthSAVE opens its 70th store
The healthSAVE Chemist Erina Fair is the latest pharmacy to join the brand, making it the 70th pharmacy to join since healthSAVE launched in 2015 healthSAVE Chemist Erina Fair is …
Melanoma skin cancer rife
Australia is second in the world for most new skin cancer cases, according to the Skin Cancer Index 2018 ‘I love a sunburnt country.’ The quintessential Australian poem has never …
Pharmacists get up to speed on pain
TerryWhite Chemmart is set to launch a Know Your Pain program next month To support its pharmacists in administering the program, the banner group has run a series of professional …
‘So many women are living with this every day.’
The government has released Australia’s first National Action Plan for Endometriosis for women who it says have been “suffering in silence for far too long” “Early in 2008 while at …
World news wrapup: 26 July 2018
Young pharmacist feared abducted; pharmacist humiliates transgender woman by refusing supply; man describes intimidating pharmacist as “fun” Loganville, Georgia: Grave fears are held for Alvin Ahmed, a recent pharmacy graduate …
‘The AMA should hang its head in shame’: Guild
Acting Pharmacy Guild President Anthony Tassone has written to the president of the doctor’s group, who spoke at the National Press Club on Wednesday “There’s nothing surer in the life …
Sildenafil trial halted as babies die
A trial of sildenafil in pregnant women has been stopped after eleven babies died The Amsterdam University Medical Centre has confirmed that it has stopped a study of the effect …
‘Chemist Warehouse’s price discounts are benefiting consumers.’
There’s no evidence that the growth of discounters like Chemist Warehouse is hurting consumers, says the Grattan Institute In its submission to the Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into the pharmacy sector, …
Expanded scope would waste health resources: RACGP
The RACGP doesn’t support a Pharmacy Council in Queensland and says the ownership rules are “out-dated” In its submission to Queensland’s Parliamentary Inquiry into the pharmacy sector, the doctor group …