PBS access during bushfires ensured
Government passes emergency measures to ensure patients affected by bushfires can access PBS subsidy for medicines when doctor’s script not immediately available Continued dispensing arrangements have been extended to PBS …
Emergency measure passed for ACT
ACT follows suit in granting pharmacists special authority to supply emergency medicine ACT pharmacists can now supply a standard pack of most prescription-only medicines without a script to patients affected …
Failing to comply with good pharmacy practice
Two recent panel hearings pulled licensees up on poor S8 records and not maintaining premises in a clean and hygienic manner There were two recent panel hearings into allegations that …
Emergency supply green light
Victorian pharmacists join their NSW colleagues in gaining special authority for emergency supply The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has welcomed the Victorian government’s decision to allow the state’s pharmacists to …
Extending a helping hand
A bushfire disaster relief fund for community pharmacists has been established, while one company is offering fee-free locum placement in bushfire-affected areas A GoFundMe page has been established to raise …
The fire crisis
Military helicopters dropping medicines on the beach and jet ski patient drop-offs the new normal for fire-impacted pharmacies. We look at the situation across three states State Pharmacy Guild of …
World News Wrapup: 9 January 2020
Pharmacy opens despite petrol bombing; US state files new charges against J&J; and legal sales of cannabis edibles about to begin in Canada Halifax, UK: A pharmacy has opened as …
Company fined over marketing claims
Mundipharma pays $302,400 in penalties over infringement notices related to marketing claims regarding nine opioid medicines Mundipharma has paid thousands of dollars in penalties in response to 24 infringement notices …
NSW pharmacists given special authority
Special authority for emergency supply without a prescription in bushfire-affected areas has been issued by the NSW Chief Health Officer A temporary special authority has been issued for supply of …
Welcome to 2020
AJP is back to bring you another year of news, views, education and information Welcome to the first AJP daily edition for 2020. With many no doubt reeling from the …
‘It is Armageddon out there.’
Pharmacists share their experiences of being caught up in the recent bushfires and how they are supporting their local communities – including people who have lost everything With eight people …
Pharmacists on the front line
Blackouts, closed roads, lost homes and displaced families are some things pharmacists have had to tackle amid terror bushfire season Aussie pharmacists are battling to care for patients in almost …