Mum calls for pharmacy double-check after toddler overdose
South Australian mum wants Pharmacy Board intervention to prevent medication errors News Corp media has reported on the case of Donald Mudge, a 20-month-old who was given a massive overdose …
Health practitioner ombudsman highlights increase in approaches
Health ombudsman reveals that only a fraction of complaints made to it concern pharmacists – but one in 20 of the queries it couldn’t address were medicine-related The office of …
The best of Blooms
Blooms The Chemist Burwood has been named the network’s store of the year at its annual award night Blooms held its 2023 partners’ conference in Hobart, with a focus on …
Mounjaro update
From single use vials, to explaining off-label prescribing and educating patients on administration, PDL has some advice on Mounjaro In recent weeks, the PDL Professional Officers have received a number …
ODT funding leaves patients without care
Government needs to better fund pharmacies to provide opioid dependence treatment (ODT), advocacy group says Current remuneration levels for the national methadone Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) system are “insufficient” for …
Dosing errors dominate Ozempic emergency calls
Over 200 calls in two years with a small number referred to hospital and low levels of intentional misuse Poisons information centres in Victoria and NSW have received over 200 …
NSW report lands on side of ‘pharmacy chain stores’
Inquiry delivers “disappointing” result for independent pharmacist, writes the AJP. It’s November 1938 and the AJP’s editorial is bemoaning the results of a report just delivered to the NSW government …
Butler urged to act on medicinal cannabis
One Nation calls for “sensible downregulation” of medicinal cannabis to improve access Barriers to making medicinal cannabis products available on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) need to be removed, Senator …
New high for Board registrations
Pharmacy Board of Australia registrations hit record high in September New data from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) reveal a record 36,670 pharmacists are registered with the Pharmacy …
World news wrapup: 9 November 2023
“Photovoice” project captures pandemic frontline experience; UK pharmacists want paracetamol multibuy crackdown; US pharmacist faces indecent assault charges Edmonton, Alberta: Pharmacists have sent in photos depicting how they felt about …
Substandard, falsified meds focus
FIP has launched a new resource to help countries self-assess the adequacy of their regulatory systems to support pharmacy interventions to prevent the harms of substandard and falsified medicines Developed …
CAPS seeks gap fee freedom
Pharmacy advocacy group calls for pharmacies to be allowed to charge ‘gap fees’ to cover the costs of mandated services Leaders of the Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) are …
