Clinical tips: New Year’s Resolutions
It’s all too easy for patients to make New Year’s Resolutions, writes Karalyn Huxhagen, and then abandon them… but pharmacists can help keep them on track. I am sure we …
Health spending up, but pharmaceuticals spend slows
While spending on health goods and services has increased overall, spending on pharmaceuticals has slowed, despite an increasing number of prescriptions dispensed, according to a report released today by the …
TGA warns on sildenafil impotence tablets
The TGA has warned that a product called 100% Healthy Food For Men tablets are unsafe and should not be taken. The tablets pose a serious health risk, it says. …
The areas 9 times more likely to have preventable hospitalisations
People living in some areas in Australia are nine times more likely than others to be admitted to hospital for a condition that could have been more effectively treated in …
Be ready for 2016 changes: Quilty
As 2016 looms, community pharmacies need to be prepared for the optional $1 script copayment discount, and the delisting of several medicines from the PBS, Guild executive director David Quilty …
Codeine rescheduling delay causing harm: ScriptWise
The TGA decision to defer the rescheduling of codeine-containing OTC medications conflicts with rising codeine analgesics misuse, its devastating consequences and the recognition that opioid misuse is a public health …
Why pharmacists need to change their thinking
The expanding role of community pharmacists—from making medicines to optimising outcomes—will require a shift in thinking, writes Vanessa Lontos Recently the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), whose role is to advance …
Samford Chemmart Pharmacy: connecting with customers
Samford Chemmart Pharmacy, Queensland is one of the finalists in this year’s Guild Pharmacy of the Year Award. Knowing its customers and the community in which it operates has been …
Pharmacy 777 Nollamara: mental health leads the way
Pharmacy 777 in Nollamara, WA is a finalist in the Guild’s Pharmacy of the Year Award. The implementation of an innovative mental health service, including counselling for patients, has helped …
Mount Hawthorn Community Pharmacy: a demographic shift
WA’s Mount Hawthorn Community Pharmacy is one of five finalists in the Guild’s Pharmacy of the Year competition. The changing demographic of the local community spurred WA’s Mount Hawthorn Community …
McCarthy’s Pharmacy Orange: taking pharmacy to customers
McCarthy’s Pharmacy Orange, Lords Place, Orange, is one of five finalists in the Guild’s Pharmacy of the Year Award. Changes in the pharmacy industry, as well as changes in customer …
Pharmacy of the Year finalists embracing change
The judges involved in selecting the finalists for the Guild Pharmacy of the Year Award have emphasised that a standout feature of all five finalists was their recognition of the …