Evolving for success in isolation: Thursday Island Pharmacy
Next in our series profiling the 2023 Pharmacy of the Year finalists is Thursday Island Pharmacy, Queensland Queensland’s Thursday Island Pharmacy firmly believes that as a pharmacy it needs to …
The haemorrhage you don’t know about
How much is staff disengagement costing your pharmacy? Chantelle Turner takes a look… Good business sense says that if you want to increase your profit and you can’t increase your …
The week in review
There hasn’t been a dull moment in pharmacy this week, with lots of Chemist Warehouse news, the return of double dispensing calls and a focus on safety at work Personal …
Supporting the menopausal transition
While menopause is becoming far less of a taboo subject, there are still gaps in knowledge and concerns over treatment options. We look into the myths, and misconceptions Menopause is …
Vale David Coates
Tributes paid to a well-known community pharmacist Well-known Illawarra pharmacist David Coates has died after a long and distinguished career in community pharmacy and the scouting movement. David became a …
Paedophile’s targeting of pharmacist ‘opportunistic’
Queensland’s Supreme Court has heard the case of a man who broke his supervision order by befriending a “vulnerable” pharmacist and possessing a large quantity of Subutex The man had …
Happy birthday!
The workplace birthday celebration can be an event of epic proportions, and it can also lead to unintended consequences The workplace is sometimes a joyful venue for celebrating the coming …
Vale Elizabeth Grant
Pharmacy mourns a leading member of the profession, who also served in politics Pharmacists, and the ACT community, are mourning Mary Elizabeth Grant AM, who died recently aged 92. As …
No pharmacist should be on Award rates: owner
Wage rates in the Pharmacy Industry Award 2020 should be seen as a “bare minimum” rather than a guide for paying staff, a pharmacy owner says Speaking during AJP’s Flourishing in …
RACGP, NACCHO aligned in enmity to pharmacist prescribing
Efforts to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice will adversely affect Indigenous patients’ healthcare two leading health bodies warn Assertions by the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACHHO)that the introduction …
Skerritt estimates hearing suspended five times
Outgoing Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) boss, Professor John Skerritt, endured an interrupted appearance at Senate Estimates yesterday The hearing was suspended five times in the space of an hour, as …
AI learning to predict poor opioid outcomes
Machine learning could help identify people at risk of adverse outcomes from being prescribed opioids, new research suggests Researchers at Canada’s University of Alberta have begun using a form of …