New PSA National President to tackle recognition, remuneration
PSA has announced Tassie pharmacist Shane Jackson will be taking over the presidency from 1 July Dr Shane Jackson, who holds a PhD in Pharmacy Practice, has been elected as …
Pricing overhaul
Dispensing fees, pricing discretion and pharmacy layout in the King Review firing line Pharmacies should have no discretion to either raise or lower prices for PBS-listed medicines beyond the co-payment …
King Review option treats pharmacy like ‘utility company’
Several options in the King Review Interim Report, if ever implemented, could put community pharmacy at risk, says the Guild The Guild says that from the time of the Review’s …
Hydromorphone thefts reveal systemic misconduct risks
How could a pharmacist steal an “extraordinary amount” of narcotics from two major public hospitals? The activities of Matthew Foster, a senior clinical pharmacist at Fiona Stanley Hospital, have highlighted …
King Review recommendations could hurt wages: PSA
Pharmacy could “give back” $1.9 billion over the next four years through a flat dispensing fee option, the King Review Interim Report has suggested The report acknowledges that there is …
Nearly a quarter won’t cut penalty rates
The pharmacists’ union says 23% of the industry has committed to protecting penalty rates This comprises Chemist Warehouse/My Chemist (for current staff) and Epic Pharmacy. Andrew Reid, CEO of Epic …
Vaccination expanded for Canberra pharmacists
Canberrans may now receive the whooping cough vaccine from their local pharmacist without a prescription Under new changes to the ACT vaccination standards, pharmacists can now be trained to administer …
Forum: Chased after a shoplifter, what next?
An AusPharm member writes: “As I was doing counselling a saw a guy quickly come in and put a large box of Elevit inside his Jacket and walked quickly out. …
World news wrapup: 22 June 2017
British pharmacist sold drugs on the street; Nigerian jailed for impersonating pharmacist; seniors pharmacy assistant push in Japan Essex, UK: A British pharmacist has been jailed for stealing prescription drugs …
Branch warfare
NSW Guild election hots up as voting deadline approaches Things are set to come to a head in the hotly contested elections for the branch committee of the Pharmacy Guild …
Pharmacy Review Interim Report imminent
Initially due in March this year, the Interim Report for the King Review may be possibly released this week, says Pharmacy Guild The Pharmacy Guild has also re-stated its position …
Pharmacist role undermined without codeine exception
Ensuring access to codeine-containing analgesics is “one of the Guild’s highest priorities,” it says Pharmacy Guild executive director David Quilty has written in this week’s edition of Forefront that upscheduling …