Managing stress in a pandemic
Pharmacists are dealing with a unique situation in the COVID-19 pandemic. Kay Dunkley from the Pharmacists’ Support Service describes some ways you can lessen the resultant stress, plus what you …
‘Impossible to predict’ how demand will unfold
Uncertainty thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic means Sigma won’t give full guidance as to earnings, but the wholesaler has achieved “outstanding” results, it says In a statement to the ASX …
Grocery hour for essential health workers
Pharmacists are among the health professionals who will be able to take advantage of a Coles dedicated shopping time slot On Tuesday Coles announced that it is dedicating two Community …
‘The public are looking to pharmacy to stand up in this crisis.’
The NSW Government has announced it will extend the special authority for emergency supply of medicines without a prescription Patients will be able to receive a maximum PBS quantity or …
New restrictions for hydroxychloroquine
The Department of Health has placed new restrictions on hydroxychloroquine initiation after a spate of ‘just in case’ overprescribing for COVID-19, and warned against use outside of current indications after …
‘The time is now to get rural right.’
Call for all parties to the 7CPA to give rural issues a priority While frontline pharmacists battle coronavirus panic, the Rural Pharmacy Network Australia is urging all parties to the …
The top ten
There’s been a lot of news in recent weeks, with the COVID-19 pandemic dominating the agenda. Let’s take a look at what our readers have been looking at Here’s the …
S8s case highlights ‘tragic and significant problem’
A GP and pharmacist has been suspended after his inappropriate prescribing of S8s painkillers and other drugs of concern The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted a general practitioner and pharmacist …
Strategies for managing conflict
PDL’s Gary West offers some ways to help manage conflict, in increasingly difficult times At APP2020 Online on the Gold Coast, PDL Professional Officer spoke about the increasing problem of …
Hypertension patients told not to stop meds
The Heart Foundation says routine use of ARB and ACE inhibitors should continue, after concerns were raised about worse outcomes with COVID-19 newsGP reports that doctors have been querying the …
Flu vax surveillance includes pharmacists for first time
A new pilot program aims to monitor the effects of influenza vaccines administered by pharmacists this flu season – and could potentially roll out to a coronavirus vaccine The new …
Coronavirus tanks consumer, business confidence
Australian Consumer Confidence has plummeted to a 30-year low, says Roy Morgan in a market research update Confidence fell by a massive 27.8% last week, the organisation reports, bringing the …