New HCF deal promises cheaper Ramsay pharmacy prices
Members of nation’s 3rd largest health fund to receive discounts on pharmacy products An extended deal between HCF and Ramsay Health Care will give discounts for the private health fund’s …
APC opens KAPS and CAOP exam registration
Registration for the Australian Pharmacy Council’s (ACP’s) Knowledge Assessment of Pharmaceutical Sciences (KAPS) or Competency Assessment of Overseas Practitioners (CAOP) exams are now open. Pharmacists who have completed a …
Pharmacy targeted in scooter attack
Legal roundup: Pharmacist accused of $250k fraud, man sentenced over two break-ins in one night Cannington, WA: The Western Australia Police Force has released security footage of a man using …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Statins in Primary Prevention in People Over 80 Years Results of three systematic reviews show that the benefit of statins in …
PSA opens SA/NT PotY nominations
Nominations for the 2023 Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) South Australia and Northern Territory Branch Pharmacist of the Year (PotY) Awards are now open. The application process will close on …
‘We need to be on our game’
Australian pharmacists should be able to provide all vaccinations for everybody, says a sector leader, saying climate change will see the profession need to move forward Limitations on telehealth and …
Professionalism and empathy win the day
Canberran Ingrid Stroud has been named Pharmacy Student wildcard of the year Ingrid Stroud from the University of Canberra was presented with the 2023 Pharmacy Student of the Year wildcard …
Government fleshes out detail of Medicare revamp
Prime Minister and Health Minister in morning media blitz to outline biggest overhaul of system since inception A “blended” funding system which would allow nurses, pharmacists and other allied health …
Stop pretending full scope ‘isn’t going to cost’
Pharmacists working to their full scope of practice will not be the panacea to Australia’s primary healthcare woes, if programs are not adequately funded. In a post on the Rural …
Moderna seeks full rego for Spikevax
Moderna’s Spikevax is set to be the first of Australia’s provisionally approved COVID-19 vaccines to undergo an evaluation to transition to full registration. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) revealed Moderna …
2000 jobs under threat; supermarkets shock
British banner group to withdraw from 237 supermarket-based locations Lack of government funding has been blamed as the primary reason British Lloydspharmacy has decided to withdraw from all 237 sites …
Free skills assessment for migrant pharmacists
Overseas trained pharmacists currently living in Australia have until close of business today to access a free skills assessment through the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC). The assessments are being …