Accelerating your services
Sorting out your pharmacy’s workflow is crucial to transforming its health services and value to patients say Glenn Guilfoyle and Paul Jaffar There is much ado about the advent of …
Increase awareness of PPI harms: researchers
New research has found a link between use of proton pump inhibitors and iron deficiency A collaboration between academics at the Universities of Melbourne, Utrecht and Maastricht is the first …
What you need to know about administering the MMR vax
Victoria’s Health Department has issued a communique outlining pharmacists’ obligations under the expanded vaccination program, which starts next week The Victorian Government is expanding its existing pharmacist immuniser program to …
Decongestant safety unclear in kids
An Australian researcher has urged health professionals not to give decongestants to children under the age of 12 Not only do these treatments fail to alleviate cold symptoms but their …
Election time
The Pharmacy Council of NSW is currently calling for nominations for its upcoming elections Nominations are invited from local pharmacists to fill five positions of the Pharmacy Council of NSW. …
Pharmacist support in the UK
The PSS has presented findings of the National Stress and Wellbeing Survey of Pharmacists, Intern Pharmacists and Pharmacy Students to an international audience This month Pharmacists’ Support Service (PSS) executive …
Easing anxiety
A new OTC option for symptomatic relief of mild anxiety is now available in pharmacies Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia. On average, one in three …
National Pharmacies scores iconic Christmas Pageant sponsorship
South Australians will be celebrating the beginning of the festive season at the National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant from 2019 Hon David Ridgway, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment in South …
The week in review
It’s been a busy week in the pharmacy sector, with new information on drug trends, a number of health awareness days and another shot in the turf war There was …
Agenda Setters: Shane Jackson
There was little surprise in seeing the current PSA national president voted by AJP readers as pharmacy’s fifth leading agenda setter Since taking over the top role at PSA in …
Vaccination national consistency on the way?
The Pharmacy Guild has welcomed a move towards harmonising pharmacist vaccination across Australian jurisdictions The Federal, State and Territory Health Ministers stated that a nationally consistent approach to pharmacist administered …
How Mum’s diet could help colic
Researchers examined whether providing a low FODMAP diet to breastfeeding mothers could help reduce colic in infants… and the results suggest it could While avoiding “windy” foods is common among …