Vaccine training for assistants
The Australasian College of Pharmacy has launched a new free course intended to prepare frontline pharmacy assistants to support the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines The Safe Vaccination Services in Community …
House elf holds up pharmacy
A possible sci-fi/fantasy fan has held up a Runaway Bay pharmacy, while a man claims a ‘friend’ altered his Endone script Runaway Bay: Police have released CCTV as part of …
Pharmacist charged over alleged arson attack, DV
A Queensland pharmacist has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly set his partner’s home on fire Mainstream media have reported on a Queensland pharmacist whose case was mentioned …
Supply secured as country hits national dose record
Australian government enters supply agreement with Moderna for 25 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine The Australian Government has secured 25 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to “diversify …
If I were a carpenter
Concerns about the rate of pay for pharmacists are creating a crisis of biblical proportions for community pharmacy. Bruce Annabel and Mal Scrymgeour investigate Jesus was a carpenter. If Jesus …
The week in review
This week was Budget week, and we saw the Government announce funding for improvements in aged care and mental health There was little specific to pharmacy in this year’s Federal …
Pharmacist refusal, despite prescription
Pregnant women with morning sickness report being denied doxylamine and ondansetron by pharmacists, new Australian survey reveals A recent Australian survey of 249 women found approximately one in four reported …
Conscientious objection in pharmacy
Should pharmacists be mandated to supply medicines such as emergency contraceptives despite their personal beliefs? CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION: The case for, by Leo Hamulczyk It is often assumed that conservative people, …
Patient counsellor, shopkeeper, dispenser or clinician?
A review has found many pharmacists viewed themselves as dispensers and worried about being seen as “glorified shopkeepers” – but they want to move away from these identities Most pharmacists …
Clinical tips: Flu
There’s no room for complacency about the flu vaccine this year, write Esther Lau and Lisa Nissen Looking back on the last 12 months, COVID-19 has and continues to fundamentally …
Medicine faces a crisis
May 1946: Plans for the socialisation and nationalisation of medical services imperil the future of pharmacy, AJP claims Far-reaching plans for the nationalisation of medical services in both Australia and …
Unethical and unlawful conduct
Conviction, fine and ban for health practitioner who presented a forged script at a pharmacy, misappropriated opioids and removed medicines from Webster-paks A Victorian woman has been reprimanded and banned …