PATY… finals approach!
There is just over a month to go until we find out who will be GuildSuper’s Pharmacy Assistant of the Year This year has been the most successful for the …
Forum: Where have all the locums gone?
“Just received an email from one of the locum agencies with the heading “Where have all the locums gone?” and a list of country positions offering the same rate that …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Pancreatic Safety of Sitagliptin in the TECOS Study The TECOS study (Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin) investigated the …
Savings bonanza
What’s being targeted in the 1 October PBS price cuts? More than 2,000 medicine brands will be reduced in price for non-concessional patients in the 1 October wave of PBS …
Controversial vaccination film pulled from festival
Organisers have removed it from the lineup after widespread criticism including from the AMA Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, directed by Wakefield, was to be screened in early October as …
Positive results for pharmacist-led BP monitoring
Hypertension management in community pharmacy gets thumbs up from participants, but questions remain about funding Sydney researchers have conducted a qualitative study to explore patients’ thoughts and experiences following a …
Pharmacy under fire
Critics ramp up attacks over pharmacy vitamin sales, but profession fights back Pharmacy’s income sources need to overhauled to reduce the reliance on complementary medicine sales, doctor’s groups have argued. …
Priceline pharmacists: We stand with the Guild on CPA
Owner group tells govt panel that CPA negotiations should stay the same and highlights issues of high-cost meds Priceline’s Pharmacy Brand Advisory Committee, which represents pharmacist owners across Australia, has …
Forum: Are we ready to say NO to antibiotic requests?
“Landmark declaration agreeing to combat antimicrobial resistance signed by 193 countries at the United Nations General Assembly…. …. By 2050, if left unchecked, drug-resistant infections will kill 10 million …
Town-specific diabetes service resources aid pharmacy
These could help foster collaboration between pharmacists and local allied health, a Lower Hume-based study has found Rebecca Murphy from the Lower Hume Primary Care Partnership, on behalf of the …
Upschedule codeine to reduce misuse: Canadian pharmacist
Making it prescription-only is likely the best way to address misuse and abuse in both Canada and Australia, he argues Jesse MacKinnon, who has just published an article about OTC codeine …
Tribute to retiring PDL stalwart
Curtis Ruhnau reflects on the career of an institution of NSW pharmacy An institution of NSW pharmacy is about to sign-off on a long and honourable career that has provided …