World news wrapup: 23 June 2016
Our wrapup of pharmacy news from around the world Loveland, Colorado: A pharmacy’s dosage error may have caused the death of an eight-year-old boy, Denver7 reports. According to the station …
Suspended pharmacist blames Boots pressure
A former Boots branch manager in Glasgow has been suspended by Britain’s General Pharmaceutical Council over falsely registering patients for Scotland’s minor ailments service. Asif Alam blamed target pressures for …
Pharmacists can “shine” in general practice, says GP
Queensland GP Dr Justin Coleman has created a video to highlight the value of non-dispensing pharmacists in Australia In his video, Dr Coleman explains the useful skills and knowledge that non-dispensing pharmacists provide …
CMI protects you too
Case highlights the importance of providing CMI when a drug is dispensed for the first time, writes John Guy from PDL Providing consumer medication information (CMI) whenever a drug is …
20% sugar price rise plan welcomed
Health stakeholders have welcomed today’s announcement by the Australian Greens that the party plans to implement a price rise of 20% on sugar sweetened drinks. The Greens predict this would …
Poll: how do you advise on topical corticosteroids?
Dermatology is becoming a key issue for pharmacists, particularly concerning the use of topical corticosteroids. Key to the issue is the use of the words, “Use sparingly”. Debbie Rigby recently …
Business plan teams hit quarter finals
Fourteen pharmacy student teams have progressed through to the quarter final round of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s annual National Student Business Plan Competition. The competition is an Australia-wide challenge …
$22b health commitment lauded
Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia CEO Kristin Michaels, has congratulated the NSW Minister for Health, Jillian Skinner, for delivering a record $22 billion commitment to healthcare and hospitals in …
Victorian Govt highlights pharmacist pertussis vaccination
The Victorian Government is encouraging consumers to protect themselves from whooping cough and the flu, highlighting that they can now receive flu and whooping cough vaccinations from their local pharmacist …
Forum: Dermatology conference attack on pharmacy
“There was an awful lot of condemnation of the pharmacists as we apparently undermine alll of the good work that the dermatologists and GPs perform as we tell patients not …
Pharmacists poorly equipped on nutrition, conference told
Pharmacists are poorly equipped to dispense nutrition-based advice, a UK conference has heard. Delegates to the “Food. The Forgotten Medicine” conference, organised by the College of Medicine, were told that …
How to stop your patients becoming customers
When is a patient not a patient? writes Mouhamad Zoghbi When trying to maintain sustainable pharmacy profits, it’s clear that reacting to your competitors’ discounting tactics is very expensive. As …