ACCC green-lights Wesfarmers to acquire API
The ACCC has announced that it will not oppose the proposed acquisition of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries by Wesfarmers The ACCC said that its review primarily focused on the markets for …
‘Pharmacists playing doctors’: National council speaks out
GP groups have banded together to call for the pharmacist “full scope” pilot to be “ceased immediately” A recently leaked confidential draft report revealed a proposed pilot would see pharmacists …
Poll: Do you take lunch breaks regularly?
“Eating and drinking at times through the day, taking little breaks… this is really important,” says Pharmacists’ Support Service AJP recently covered the news that CVS Health, the largest pharmacy …
Clinical tips: Fluid balance
Louis Roller looks at the importance of balancing the body’s fluid input and output levels and why this is crucial to health Fluid balance (fluid homeostasis), describes the balancing of …
Position vacant
PDL has a national vacancy for a Professional Officer position Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL) is a member owned organisation supporting around 30,000 pharmacist members and the pharmacy profession. The leading …
Please don’t forget rural pharmacy
Advocacy group urges pharmacy bodies to support the rural pharmacy workforce by pushing for government-funded salary incentives The Rural Pharmacy Network Australia (RPNA) is urging the Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
World news wrapup: 10 February 2022
Pressure rising as UK pharmacists shouted at, insulted; popular program and opening hours extended in Malta; all Scottish patient-facing pharmacists to be independent prescribers? UK: A new survey has highlighted …
1972: the future lies in professional services
February 1972: deteriorating trading conditions lead to calls for a ‘professional fee’ to ensure the future of pharmacies In an AJP article looking at ‘History and the Professional Fee’, pharmacist …
New policy brings in ‘uninterrupted’ lunch breaks
The largest pharmacy chain in the US is bringing in scheduled lunch breaks for its staff… do you take your entitled breaks? CVS Health, the largest pharmacy operator in the …
Hunt to headline APP2022
Outgoing Health Minister Greg Hunt is set to address delegates to the APP2022 conference The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced that the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, …
A new substitution
Abatacept added to list of pharmacist-substitutable medicines due to scarcity From today (9 Feb) until 30 April 2022, community pharmacists can interchangeably substitute abatacept syringe (Orencia) and abatacept autoinjector (Orencia …
Pharmacists ‘dropping like flies’ due to Covid, pressure
Significant workforce shortages mean locums, even in metropolitan areas, are now attracting rates of up to $80 an hour, says recruitment expert Workforce shortages that already existed in the pharmacy …