Is risk share talk bowing down to ‘big business’?
A Fairfax article detailing the Pharmacy Guild’s efforts to solve the risk share funding dispute with the Turnbull Government has had stakeholders talking on the weekend. “The country’s powerful pharmacy …
Perception of pharmacy needs to improve: NAPSA
The student organisation hopes that in 2017, graduates will enter the profession with more positivity about their future Some students need support to help see their future in pharmacy as …
Transformed profession deserves greater pay
The union for employee pharmacists is preparing detailed submissions and evidence of changes to the way pharmacy is practised, for the Fair Work Commission. PPA has already submitted an outline …
The year in review: codeine
The issue of how codeine-containing preparations should be scheduled has been a big one in 2016… we take a look back over the year’s news and views It’s been a …
What are the most popular career pathways?
Almost 1,700 pharmacists across Australia have identified their preferred career paths using the Career Pathways portal developed by the PSA. The Career Pathways member service allows pharmacists to focus on …
Forum: Ethical conundrum re: patient treatment & OHS
“A nursing home my pharmacy services has two patients who have chronic, asymptomatic hepatitis C infection. For one patient, there is little issue. There is no symptoms as discussed, and …
Welcome to Australia’s booziest week: Amcal
Amcal is predicting a big productivity hit from today, thanks to Aussies’ love of overindulging. The brand says its research shows Monday December 12 is the start of the country’s …
Meet the finalists: Terry White Chemmart Hawthorn
We meet the finalists in the Guild Pharmacy of the Year competition… introducing Terry White Chemmart Hawthorn Competing against a neighbouring discount pharmacy has highlighted to Terry White Chemmart Hawthorn …
Drug relapse more likely if recovery is forced
Voluntary methadone maintenance therapy is more effective than involuntary in-centre treatment, new research shows People with chronic opioid use disorders are more likely to relapse and do so sooner if …
Travel medicine: Let’s fly (or sail) away
What role should pharmacy play in travel medicine? It’s highly likely that as professional services like vaccinations are increasingly provided by pharmacists, they will also have a more significant role …
The week in review
We take a look back at the last week in pharmacy As we head towards Christmas and the end of 2016, life goes on in the pharmacy industry. And life’s …
‘Bad Santa’ robs pharmacy
Investigators with an Ontario police department are searching for a man who robbed a pharmacy while wearing a false beard and Santa hat. The “bad Santa” allegedly entered the pharmacy …