Double dispensing to cripple pharmacies, halve net profit
Losses from double dispensing will be tens of thousands worse than predicted to date – and 10,000 jobs could be slashed from the sector, a new report warns RSM Australia, …
Watch: OTC management of gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms
Dr Brett MacFarlane provides an overview of reflux symptoms and management, including optimal use of medicines Reflux symptoms are common in the community and pharmacists are often the first acute …
Watch: Re-evaluating over-the-counter options for acute pain
In an evolving pain management landscape, what is the way forward? Joyce McSwan discusses OTC analgesics Misuse of analgesics has become a major concern in recent years, leading to the …
How scope of practice can reconnect us
Here’s why expanding scope of practice for pharmacists would shrink the loneliness crisis, writes Jenny Kirschner Connection Matters is the theme for Loneliness Awareness Week this June 12-18th 2023.[1] Loneliness …
Strike wins wholesaler workers 7% increase
EBOS-owned hospital supplier agrees to pay rise after concerted industrial action Around 100 workers employed by hospital supplies distributor Onelink will receive a 7% pay rise after taking industrial action …
Chemist Warehouse to take 10.7% of Sigma
And Sigma has scored CWH 5-year supply deal worth $3b in first year In the latest step in Chemist Warehouse’s growing direct and indirect influence over Sigma Healthcare, the pharmacy …
Trust needs to be restored before 8CPA talks
Labor is unlikely to open talks on the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) without an apology from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia Concerns around an alleged breach of confidentiality by …
Grant winners named
The PSA has announced the three recipients of the inaugural PSA Faye McMillan Conference Grant The grant will fund the three to attend PSA’s National Conference, PSA23. Professor Faye McMillan AM …
Guild refutes Covid vax data mining claims
Suggestions that the Pharmacy Guild of Australia is misusing patient data gathered through the Covid-19 vaccination campaign are incorrect, a spokesperson says Department of Health officials believe it is “likely” …
Sigma score $3b. Chemist Warehouse supply contract
And CWH will acquire more than 10% of Sigma as part of the five year supply deal Sigma Healthcare has signed an agreement with Chemist Warehouse (CWH) to supply both …
Pharmacist’s ‘elaborate and systematic’ scheme to get opioids
A former pharmacist used a copied key to get into his former workplace, fake scripts and take fentanyl – all by the light of his mobile phone The Pharmacy Board …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Approach to schizophrenia Schizophrenia is the most common of a group of psychotic disorders that occur in approximately 3% of the …
