Twitter roundup: Pharmacy gems
Can you say it in 140 characters or less? Here are the funniest pharmacy-related tweets of the past week Tweeters are always devising ways to try and get their script …
CMA welcomes iron supplements advice
An article published in Australian Prescriber encouraging iron supplementation as a part of correcting iron deficiency has been welcomed by Carl Gibson, chief executive of Complementary Medicines Australia. About 10% …
Statins possibly linked to reduced Alzheimer’s risk
Statins could be linked to a lowered risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to US researchers An analysis of US Medicare data suggests that high use of statins could be associated …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Pharmacist comprehensive review of treatment compared with STOPP-START criteria to detect potentially inappropriate prescription in older complex patients A prospective multicentre …
10 key points: Deprescribing
An emerging health researcher and award-winning academic pharmacist speaks with AJP about the deprescribing process Dr Emily Reeve, from the Kolling Institute at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, is …
Target people with hayfever in thunderstorm asthma prevention: experts
Experts are calling for a “ramp up” of efforts to manage asthma, including targeting people who do not know they may be affected by the condition Dr Michael Sutherland, a …
Risk share debate heats up
The dispute between the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Federal government over 6CPA risk sharing agreements seems set to roll on into 2017 Articles in Fairfax media sources last …
Is risk share talk bowing down to ‘big business’?
A Fairfax article detailing the Pharmacy Guild’s efforts to solve the risk share funding dispute with the Turnbull Government has had stakeholders talking on the weekend. “The country’s powerful pharmacy …
Perception of pharmacy needs to improve: NAPSA
The student organisation hopes that in 2017, graduates will enter the profession with more positivity about their future Some students need support to help see their future in pharmacy as …
Transformed profession deserves greater pay
The union for employee pharmacists is preparing detailed submissions and evidence of changes to the way pharmacy is practised, for the Fair Work Commission. PPA has already submitted an outline …
The year in review: codeine
The issue of how codeine-containing preparations should be scheduled has been a big one in 2016… we take a look back over the year’s news and views It’s been a …
What are the most popular career pathways?
Almost 1,700 pharmacists across Australia have identified their preferred career paths using the Career Pathways portal developed by the PSA. The Career Pathways member service allows pharmacists to focus on …