Reflecting on 2024
The past year has seen significant changes for the profession, producing opportunities for reshaping and advancing the role of pharmacists in Australia PDL reflects on 2024 with a snapshot of …
Guild gifts ‘Two-voo dolls’
Battle-hardened Guild leader takes a stab at humour with end-of-year gift Voodoo dolls are not traditional gifts, but the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has opted to go off-piste with its …
The week in review
It’s been another big week in pharmacy, with the CWH founders honoured for business success, and the AJP announcing its advanced practice pioneers as voted by you This week the AJP revealed …
Reprimand over ‘fundamental professional failing’
A pharmacist’s conduct “could have been devastating” for a patient with a significant claim against him, a tribunal has found A pharmacist has faced the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal …
Pharmacists ‘uniquely positioned’ to address medicine beliefs
What makes one person “skeptical” of taking medicines while another accepts them readily—and how does this contribute to polypharmacy? Older Australians who perceive their medicines as necessary are more inclined …
CWH founders building a business for their ‘kids and grandkids’
Sigma merger will ensure the sustainability and success long-term of the Chemist Warehouse Group, co-founder claims Chemist Warehouse’s (CWH’s) proposed merger with wholesaler Sigma Healthcare will enable the discounter to …
Pharmacist criticised over racial comment
“So it’s 2024, and we’re still making comments to people about the colour of their skin,” an Adelaide woman says after a pharmacist made a racialised comment to her Mother-of-two …
‘Use of the machines leads to the distribution of habit-forming drugs’
A pharmacist hit hard by a flood disaster, a slew of strychnine poisonings and the spectre of medicines vending machines all made headlines in the 30s We opened our December, …
Cannabis prescribed when contraindicated, not supported: Guild
Pharmacists and doctors call for medicinal cannabis to be removed from the Special Access Scheme and say patients are presenting with psychosis after its use The presidents of the Queensland …
Clean sweep for community pharmacy
Pharmacists back candidates with ownership experience to sit on the Pharmacy Council of NSW Community pharmacists have secured all five ‘pharmacist’ positions in Pharmacy Council of NSW elections. While the …
Immersive learning celebrated
Following a year of partnership with Audirie, PSA says it plans to expand use of AI-powered pharmacist prescriber simulations in 2025 PSA and Audirie are celebrating the first anniversary of …
‘A great Australian story’: CWH founders named AFR Business Person of Year
The three founders of the $30bn discount pharmacy chain Chemist Warehouse (CWH) have been honoured by The Australian Financial Review (AFR) Mario Verrocchi and Jack and Sam Gance have been …