The week in review
An outcry over paracetamol made the news this week, as we reflect on how pharmacists stepped up during the flood crisis, plus an update on Ozempic The proposed changes to …
Pharmacist’s ‘emphatic’ remorse after stealing from CWH
The Pharmacy Board has issued a statement about a pharmacist who misappropriated prescription-only pain medication and stole money from the Chemist Warehouse where she worked. The Victorian Civil and Administrative …
A lucrative year
Community pharmacy saw a $1.39B net profit during the first year of the 7CPA and a greater uptake of services, according to latest report Net profit rose significantly for the …
‘Feeble attempt to degrade pharmacists’ slammed as lies
The AMA has “deliberately” distorted the aim of an event designed to highlight medicines safety, says the Pharmacy Guild Earlier during Medicines Safety Week (7-13 November 2022), the Pharmaceutical Society’s …
‘It’s going to be a long recovery for our little community.’
Changes to the Safety Net 20-day rule and emergency supply could help when patients are cut off from towns by flood waters, says one pharmacist helping people who may be …
Clonidine 10-fold overdose in a paediatric patient due to a compounding error
Bryanna Gillies presents a case history report with important lessons about compounding A five-year-old boy presented to a tertiary paediatric emergency department on advice from the poisons centre, who received …
National vacancy for Professional Officer
PDL is looking for a new Professional Officer… Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL) is a member owned organisation supporting around 31,000 pharmacist members and the pharmacy profession. The leading risk advisors …
UPS dives into pharmaceutical logistics
New facility in western Sydney comes with -20C cold chain storage and “near real-time monitoring” UPS, one of the world’s largest shipping and courier services, has announced the opening of …
Pfizer hit by rolling industrial action
Melbourne production plant hit by two strikes in a week – with another on the way – as negotiations over a new enterprise agreement stall Pfizer’s Melbourne production plant, which …
Both embedded and community pharmacists can reduce risk: expert
Study finds high proportion of older Australians in residential aged care affected by risky prescribing and highly complex regimens… but how can pharmacists help? Both community pharmacists and those embedded …
‘On Sunday afternoon I waded into the pharmacy…’
There are “big gaps” in continued dispensing particularly when it comes to mental health, says one pharmacy owner in telling his tale of helping his community through Victoria’s major flood …
Real-time flag not a blanket no
We asked what you think is a reasonable store or banner group policy for declining S8 supply – and here’s what you said Recently, writer Jasper Peach reported for Hireup …