Is harm minimisation working in pharmacy?
Pharmacy is still missing a few beats when it comes to provide effective harm minimisation support, a study finds, with stigmatising an issue While community pharmacies are well positioned to …
Budget bites
What did stakeholders think of the 2021-22 Budget? Pharmacy Guild: The Guild welcomed measures that it says will help community pharmacies as frontline health care providers and small businesses, while …
Pharmacist ‘found himself’ assaulting patient
A Sydney pharmacist has been handed a two-year jail sentence after he sexually assaulted a teenager Warning: this article contains details that may distress some readers Hany Ibrahim, who was …
How to enter Pharmacy’s Got Talent 2021
Here’s everything you need to know to take part Whether you’re attending APP or not this year, you can enter the talent competition either on-stage or remotely. Here’s how: 1) …
Remote pharmacist shortlisted
Pharmacist Hannah Mann has been named a finalist in the Western Australian of the Year awards Ms Mann has three pharmacies in the remote northern part of the State which make …
Ready and waiting
No more mass vaccination hubs should be activated until community pharmacies are engaged, says Guild president, as new Sydney centre opens its doors Community pharmacies are still waiting to be …
Business burden eased
Pharmacy Guild welcomes Budget business relief measures and digital support boost There were a number of measures designed to relieve the regulatory burden on small and medium sized businesses in …
Budget windfall for health
Big health budget boost with telehealth, aged care and mental health at the forefront, but little specific to pharmacy announced Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg released the 2021-22 Federal Budget last …
Mobile purchasing rising
The Chemist2U app has announced a $3 million seed funding boost Chemist2U has closed a $3 million round of seed funding with AirTree Ventures investing into the start-up, it announced …
Making an impact
A drug checking service combined with brief intervention had a positive effect on participants at music festivals, according to a new study Drug checking services can engage productively with young …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Inhaled budesonide in the treatment of early COVID-19 (STOIC) A randomised controlled trial (Steroids in COVID-19; STOIC) of inhaled …
Here’s what you said
Pharmacist pay, clinical interventions and the COVID vaccine saga are issues engaging our readers. Here’s what people have been saying on these topics Here’s a selection of some recent comments …