Three ways to find certainty in uncertain times
It’s easy for pharmacists to feel as though we’re on shaky ground right now, but pharmacists do have some control, writes Vanessa Lontos Over the past few months I, like …
Let’s move beyond the turf wars
Pharmacists’ union calls for reform in its 79-page submission to the King Review In publicly releasing its submission to the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation, Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) …
“Alarming” levels of breast health awareness
Only 10% of women can correctly identify the key risk factors for breast cancer, according to a McGrath Foundation survey The survey comprising 1,288 Australian women aged 16 and over, …
Going down
What impact will the 1 October PBS cuts have on the 20 most commonly prescribed medicines? Pharmacy is gearing up for the 1 October round of PBS price cuts. As …
Product batch recalled
Staph fears prompt nasal spray recall A batch of Metagenics NasoClear 30 mL nasal spray is being recalled due to concerns it may contain golden staph. The TGA and Health …
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. …