DDS announces PPI success
In 2016, the average Discount Drug Stores pharmacy achieved 30% more cases than the average Australian pharmacy according to GuildCare PPI statistics DDS says it has also achieved 32% higher …
Forum: donate empty S8 boxes to kinder?
“I have been donating empty boxes, bottles, lids to my children’s kinder and school for quite a few years for the children to make constructions out of. They have always …
How penalty rates will affect us: employees
Most pharmacists report feeling “disrespected as health professionals” by the recent cuts, with a full third saying they have decided to leave the profession due to the decision According to …
World news wrapup: 2 March 2017
We take a look at community pharmacy around the world Belanguru, India: A pharmacist’s plot to “expose” an e-pharmacy’s trade in banned drugs has backfired on him after it filed …
The consumer lowdown
What are the demographic trends impacting community pharmacy? Mark McCrindle gives us a sneak preview of some insights to be presented at APP2017 APP always provides the opportunity to hear …
Chemist Warehouse group bankrolls local expansion
The Chemist Warehouse group is financing the expansion of a Bendigo shopping centre, according to local news media According to the Bendigo Advertiser, a planning application was tendered to the …
Stephen King drops out of APP
Professor Stephen King has advised that he will no longer be presenting at next week’s APP2017 conference Professor King, chair of the Remuneration and Regulation Review, was to have presented …
Pharmacy’s expo brings the community together
Samford Chemmart Pharmacy has organised its fourth Samford Health and Wellbeing Expo in a row, featuring more than 60 stalls Samford Chemmart, which won the Community Engagement award in the …
Get on stage at APP
Must-see this year at APP? Visit the AJP media stage and enter our prize draw This year AJP is covering the APP conference like never before, bringing you the speakers, …
Pharmacist vaccination: where we are now
Thousands of pharmacists are now accredited to deliver jabs across the country This week the PSA announced it has clocked over 2,350 pharmacists in Australia who have completed its Immunisation …
Our members lead the way
PDL is 100% owned by its pharmacist members and is Australia’s leading choice for Pharmacist Professional Liabilities Insurance (PI) cover As Australia’s first national pharmacy body, PDL was established over …
Commercially available products: to compound or not to compound?
To comply with regulations and guidelines, compounding pharmacies need to understand circumstances that restrict compounding commercially available products. By Patricia Ullmann, compounding pharmacist Learning objectives After completing this CPD activity, …