Focusing on patient privacy
Protecting patient privacy is essential if pharmacists are to retain trust, with social media a key area of concern, PDL advises Pharmacists are in a unique position of trust. That …
Ordine to be discontinued
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has provided advice regarding the discontinuation of all Ordine oral liquid medicines in Australia Mundipharma has advised that it will discontinue all four strengths of its …
Rural, regional workforce insufficient
Funding to improve emergency department access in Queensland has been welcomed, but more has to be done to improve quality use of medicines, pharmacists say This month (June 2023) the …
Labor ‘committed’ to supporting rural pharmacy: Butler
The Health Minister says Labor will support rural pharmacies through the 60-day dispensing change… especially given they “aren’t selling as much perfume” as metro stores Mark Butler has told journalists …
World news wrapup: 29 June 2023
Pharmacist under fire after declining to fill transgender patient’s script; conviction for stealing, selling Covid cards; LloydsPharmacy named as failing to pay minimum wage for nearly 8,000 workers Oakland, California: …
Medicines experts ‘sidelined, bypassed, ignored and treated as an afterthought’ on ODT
As the date for the implementation of the changes to opioid dependence therapy draws near, fact sheets continue to be updated, and pharmacists tell of their fears for their patients …
Injectables change for ACT pharmacists
Pharmacist in the ACT are now authorised to administer medicines for injection, including Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine (LAIB) The legislative change follows a campaign by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia to …
$1m vape haul
WA’s chief pharmacist says illegal vapes are “popping up everywhere,” as the state makes its biggest seizure to date Many people do not understand that all vapes sold outside the …
Broader use of medication recommended
PBAC recommends extending eligibility criteria for Covid medication to an additional population group In an out-of-session consideration, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has recommended changes to the circumstances …
Sixty-day ‘catastrophe’ for patients with low health literacy
Rural pharmacy owner and former young pharmacist of the year Taren Gill gets “fired up” about the changes to opioid dependence therapy, and the impact on rural and regional pharmacy …
Methadone disaster looming
With only days to go before changes to opioid management therapy come into place, Andrew Topp has some questions for the Government about how patient health is being put at …
‘If you steal again I’ll lock you up’
A Victorian man who stole from Chemist Warehouse stores has been banned from all outlets in his regional town The Warrnambool Standard reports that a 36-year-old man stole from the …