Daigou association plans to address ethics
They’ve come under fire for stripping Chemist Warehouse shelves of baby formula… but the Daigou is here to stay The Daigou channel – people and businesses who purchase goods “on …
Sue Kirsa to head Council
Sue Kirsa has been elected president of the Australian Pharmacy Council At the APC’s February Council meeting, Associate Professor Sue Kirsa was elected President for a two year term commencing …
WA mandatory reporting model ‘will end up saving lives’
Greg Hunt has foreshadowed the removal of mandatory reporting rules for doctors who have sought help for mental health conditions For some time the State and Territory Health Ministers have …
Another inquiry suggests deregulation
The Government should “reconsider its commitment to the Pharmacy Rules,” a Senate inquiry into red tape has found The Select Committee on Red Tape has handed down an interim report …
Renewed training for pharmacy staff
In response to demand from the pharmacy profession, the PSA has resumed providing qualifications for both dispensary and pharmacy assistants Enrolments are now open for the Certificate III in Community …
Self-prescribing leads to deregistration
A NSW doctor with a codeine dependency has been struck off for prescribing scheduled medicines to himself over 600 times in just two years A doctor who had practised in …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby examines the latest in research news Dual antiplatelet therapy: how, how long, and in which patients? Dual antiplatelet therapy is a crucial therapeutic intervention in patients with stable …
Pharmacies fail to advise on paracetamol, ibuprofen
Up to three in 10 British pharmacies may be failing to give safety advice, a consumer advocacy organisation has found Which? Magazine, part of the Which? Group which also includes …
Your top 10
What you clicked on Here are the 10 most-read stories on AJP in the past month. 1 NSW man died after electronic prescribing error, inquest hears 2 Dose concerns ignored …
Meds management initiative reduces medication errors
When Prahran resident Mark Scott’s mother was hospitalised last year, support from a community pharmacist on her return home helped significantly Mark’s mother, 85, was receiving daily visits from Bolton …
Improved flu vaccines fast-tracked after ‘horrific’ season
Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced the introduction of two new trivalent vaccines specifically aimed at protecting people aged over 65 He also announced the composition of the 2018 quadrivalent …
Intimidated patients ‘bargain like hostages’
Patients who feel unable to assert themselves in the presence of health professionals negotiate as if they are being held hostage, says new research Some patients fear speaking up and …