Government to subsidise full scope training
A state government is investing $5 million to fund postgraduate training to enable pharmacists to deliver expanded services to their communities Funding will be allocated to subsidised training for Tasmanian …
‘Tobacco product selling is the wrong place to draw the line’
Should pharmacies sell cigarettes – and is warning customers about the dangers of smoking a reason to do so? It’s May 1975, and the hot topic at the Australian Journal …
Will Aussie pharma pay for Trump’s crackdown?
US President Donald Trump signed an order to bring down American drug prices and “end global freeloading”, with early – but transient – consequences for local manufacturers The United States …
Healthscope landlord in ‘advanced’ re-tenancy talks
Sigma-backer HMC Capital told investors troubled hospital operator Healthscope may enter receivership shortly, based on reports The hospital operator missed rent payments earlier this year, but has part paid its …
‘Theft seems to be increasing’
Pharmacy owner calls for more to be done to protect retailers, as ACT Policing expands online reporting portal to include retail theft Canberra-based pharmacist, Chris Lawler, is calling for more …
‘We believed his expression of remorse and insight was genuine’
A pharmacist’s registration has been reinstated with conditions, after he supplied opioids and benzodiazepines to people he said had threatened him and his family In December 2023, the NSW Civil …
Pharmacy by the numbers
We revisit some of the key numbers from the 2025 federal budget Each month in the AJP magazine we take a look at some of the important numbers from a …
Pharmacy driving higher health spend
Health consumption has risen in the past year, with pharmacy spending among the key contributors, a report shows Consumers have been pouring money into health once again, with the spending …
ANZCAP benefits program announced
ANZCAP Elevate supports the importance of annually renewed and active recognition, says AdPha Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has revealeded ANZCAP Elevate, the annual benefits programs for practitioners currently recognised by …
Government lacks rural voices: RIPAA
Pharmacy group flags concerns over future of rural healthcare under predominantly urban Labor government Rural pharmacists are calling on the public to support them in their efforts to push the …
May MIMS update
Some of the recent changes to the medicines landscape, with new products, indications, contraindications, presentations and safety related changes New Products Dexrazoxane (Dexrazoxane-Reach) is an analogue of ethylene diamine tetra-acetic …
Does Australia have enough consultant pharmacists?
“The need in the community is clear,” says a leading pharmacist when discussing the need for an overhaul of what credentialed pharmacists can do when it comes to scope of …