Budget vaccine blamed for record flu season
Immunisation Coalition chair Professor Paul Van Buynder has suggested that a cheap version of the flu vaccine may have influenced 2017’s “disaster year” This year’s iteration of the flu vaccine …
Machines can’t replace us: NAPSA
Pharmacy students say the Productivity Commission’s report displays its ignorance on pharmacy The National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association issued a statement in which it says it supports some of the …
Priceline pampers racegoers
More than 1,800 people were treated to a makeover in the Priceline Pharmacy Beauty Pavilion at the Caulfield Racing Carnival The Pavilion feature Priceline Beauty Advisors, who offered makeup and …
Accused Amcal not cutting wages
Higher wages, not penalty rates, need to be the focus of the pay debate, says the owner of an Amcal pharmacy targeted last week Last week, Labor member for McEwen …
Future bound
Moving pharmacy to the next phase of its existence means turning uncertainty into opportunity, says John Thornett Whilst pharmacy is undergoing yet another review, the uncertainty of the future of …
An historic transaction
Is this the oldest pharmacy invoice? AJP has recently been running, in collaboration with the RUM project, a competition to identify Australia’s oldest medicines being returned to pharmacy’s for disposal. …
7 social media hacks
7 ways to ensure your social media strategy is working for you and your business, by leading expert Mel Kettle Know why you’re online It’s all very well to be …
Week in review
Pharmacists have had a tough week… First, there was that tribunal ruling which found: “A person served by a pharmacist is not a patient but a customer.” The ruling was …
Pharmacists critical to prescribing process
A recent Australian trial found pharmacist involvement in medication charting lowered inaccuracies from 41.1% to just 1.4%. AJP spoke with the lead researcher to find out more… During the one-month …
Tambassis re-elected
National President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, George Tambassis, has been re-elected to the position for a further three years Mr Tambassis, a Victorian community pharmacist for over 25 …
‘If they do this, they are the most heartless, gutless people’
The Pharmacy Guild’s Kos Sclavos has condemned the Productivity Commission as “ruthless” and “un-Australian” Speaking at the Pharmacy Assistant conference on the Gold Coast, the immediate past Guild president warned …
Latest issue of JPPR released
The “pivotal” role of pharmacists in ensuring better medication management is the October theme for SHPA’s flagship journal Now available online and free to SHPA members, the October issue of …