Accentuate the positive
With so much negativity around the profession at the moment, how can early career pharmacists stay positive and look after their own mental health? The National Stress and Wellbeing Survey …
Pollen season asthma threat
Pharmacists are being urged to help raise awareness of thunderstorm asthma before hayfever season strikes The National Asthma Council has launched a suite of resources on thunderstorm asthma, which it …
Slow to switch
Australia is lagging in “switching” medicines to over-the-counter schedules, which misses a significant public health opportunity Switching is a vital enabler of self-care, according to Dr Edwin Hemwall, a global …
Sensitivity in the healthcare sector
The importance of being culturally sensitive when dealing with patients A few years ago, my grandmother had a stroke. It was a fatal brain haemorrhage, and I was the one …
To whom is the money owed?
Healthcare giant Ramsay is in a legal stoush with a former distributor it claims owes a debt of nearly $10m Ramsay Health Care Australia has recently lost an appeal in …
Education in the icy north
The second half of the 2018 PSA Offshore Conference program will be held in Alaska amongst some of the most spectacular scenery North America has to offer. Being one of …
Pharmacists feel like low-paid ‘script monkeys’
Low pay and under-recognition are part of the reason pharmacists are feeling stressed, one stakeholder warns The National Stress and Wellbeing Survey of Pharmacists, Intern Pharmacists and Pharmacy Students found …
When is a shopping centre not a shopping centre?
Yen Yab’s pharmacy has been sitting empty since January… thanks to a quirk of the location rules Waverley Family Healthcare has submitted a petition to Health Minister Greg Hunt asking …
Representing the members
What drives a pharmacist to seek Guild elective office? Amanda Seeto says she wants to advocate on behalf of her peers and give all pharmacies a chance to survive and …
A time for clarity
Pharmacy needs clarity and unity if it is to have a strategic approach to codeine rescheduling, says Rick Samimi The codeine rescheduling issue has been challenging for community pharmacy. Despite …
‘We don’t want those sorts of people in our pharmacy.’
Pharmacists need to get off their “high horses” about pharmacotherapy, according to a pharmacist profiled by the ABC This week ABC News ran a feature on the “opioid addiction crisis” …
Paediatric constipation course
Guild Learning and Development is partnering with Care Pharmaceuticals in an online course titled Management of paediatric constipation This course examines some of the common causes of constipation in children, …