The event lowdown
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to play havoc with the pharmacy events calendar. Here’s a rundown of the latest news on upcoming events Pharmacy Guild releases 2021 event calendar The Pharmacy …
‘Don’t be afraid to speak up and stand out.’
AJP speaks with 2020 Early Career Pharmacist of the Year Samuel Keitaanpaa about pharmacist life in the Northern Territory and survival tips for other ECPs Last month, Sam Keitaanpaa was …
Competency case to be redecided
A pharmacist proprietor has successfully appealed a decision that saw him struck off the register after being labelled “unfit” to practise pharmacy A judge has found that a tribunal erred …
Shoppers won’t go back to normal
New research shows that shoppers have missed bricks and mortar stores during the pandemic, but less than half think they’ll go back to business as usual The LivePerson Customer Conversation …
Symbion support in 2021
Symbion-owned community pharmacy retail programs healthSAVE and Pharmacy Choice have launched their 2021 Member Program The 2021 Member Program is centred on three pillars of community, care and convenience. Symbion …
Pharmacists integral to safe, quality care
Clear patient safety measures have emerged from the later stages of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, which SHPA says are aligned with its recommendations The inclusion …
CWH arrives in Europe
Chemist Warehouse has broken into the European market Chemist Warehouse has celebrated the opening of its first store in Europe, in Blanchardstown, Ireland. The new addition joins more than 450 …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Effectiveness of Curcuma longa Extract for the Treatment of Symptoms and Effusion–Synovitis of Knee Osteoarthritis A single-center study with 70 patients …
Melatonin—its role in your life. Part 1: Biosynthesis, regulation, physiology and pharmacology
The recent TGA decision to down-schedule melatonin in modified release tablets containing 2mg or less of melatonin for the short-term treatment of primary insomnia, and approval for it to be …
Mo Foes for PSS
AJP’s editor will be growing a moustache in November to raise money for the Pharmacists’ Support Service Pharmacists have been pushed to their limits in 2020, with the Pharmacy Support …
‘There are no prizes for dispensing huge numbers of scripts or working long hours without a break.’
AJP speaks with 2020 Pharmacist of the Year Kay Dunkley about how she came to be at the forefront of practitioner wellbeing Last month, Kay Dunkley was named Pharmacist of …
Another angry patient smashes up a pharmacy
A man has been charged after he allegedly smashed a COVID screen into a pharmacist’s face, as a Victorian pharmacist recounts an incident of violence at her own store The …