The week in review
This week started with honours for seven industry leaders, and ended with the announcement of a pay rise for employee pharmacists Health Minister Greg Hunt announced an Australian Preventive Health …
Injecting room moves patients towards treatment
Melbourne’s medically supervised injecting centre has handled more than 1,130 overdoses since it opened, with many clients referred to drug and alcohol treatment Brunswick pharmacist and harm minimisation proponent Angelo …
End the exclusion
The PSA has called on the Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Taskforce to include pharmacist services on the MBS In its submissions to the taskforce reference groups, the PSA focused on …
Our five biggest risk factors
The overall health of the Australian population improved substantially between 2003 and 2015, a new report shows But further gains could be achieved by reducing lifestyle-related risk factors, according to …
Clinical tips: common ailments
So-called minor ailments can have a significant impact on patients’ lives, writes Carlene McMaugh Common ailments are those conditions that a person would reasonably be expected to self-treat on their …
Pay up 21%
PPA has urged the Pharmacy Guild to pass newly-decided pay rises of up to 15% on to their employees in full Professional Pharmacists Australia says that the decision by the …
Guild joins small business digital champions project
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has become an industry association member of the Government’s Small Business Digital Champions Project The project is designed to help Australia’s small businesses unlock the …
Cost a barrier to asthma treatment: study
Half of adults and one-third of children in an Australian study were either decreasing or skipping doses of asthma medicines to make them last longer A team of researchers led …
‘Prescribing of drugs is a balance of risks’
Young people taking pregabalin may be at increased risk of harm including suicidal behaviour and injury, according to a cohort study Swedish and British researchers have explored a possible association …
The top ten
What were the ten most clicked stories on the AJP website over the last month? Regulatory and legal issues, Chemist Warehouse, scheduling changes and flu vaccines head up the list …
CWH takes action to help men
Chemist Warehouse has partnered with media personality Gus Worland to take action on men’s health The two are supporting the launch of the 2019 Gotcha4Life campaign, which raises awareness and …
Pharmacist numbers continue to grow
There are 220 more registered pharmacists in Australia than at the end of 2018, bringing the total to 31,785 New quarterly registration data from the Pharmacy Board shows that the …