Tea with AJP – Day 2
AJP Editor Chris Brooker joins host Miranda to reflect on the day two of APP2018’s events including: the Shadow Health Minister Catherine King’s response to Greg Hunt’s address; the ‘interesting …
Disappointment for King, Friends of Science in Medicine
Friends of Science in Medicine’s Ian Carr is disappointed that the Government has not taken up a King Review suggestion that pharmacies not sell homeopathy The final report had stated that …
Aye Karumba! Rural competition winner named
Karumba Pharmacy in North Queensland has been named the winner of the Pharmacy Guild’s 2018 video competition for rural and remote pharmacies across Australia The competition gave rural and remote …
AJP chats with… Trent Twomey, President Queensland Guild
Trent Twomey, Queensland Guild President, talks to AJP Editor Chris Brooker about the issues affecting pharmacy being discussed during APP2018, and how Health Minister Greg Hunt appears to be across …
‘We are here for anyone with dementia’: Ita Buttrose
AJP chats with Ita Buttrose, National Ambassador for Dementia Australia, who is at APP2018 to talk about ways to reduce the risk of different forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. She …
Scope of practice ‘contentious’ but must grow: King
For the first time, Labor’s new National Platform sets out a role for the pharmacy sector, says Shadow Health Minister Catherine King Speaking at the Australian Pharmacy Professional conference on …
Pharmacist prescribing by 2020: Jackson
PSA president says prescribing rights for pharmacists are imminent and it is a “travesty” they don’t have them yet Pharmacists may soon be extended prescribing rights if all goes to …
AJP chats with… Stephanie Meiklejohn, Pharmacy Assistant of the Year 2017
AJP host Miranda is joined at APP2018 by Pharmacy Assistant of the Year 2017, Stephanie Meiklejohn. What are the specific tasks that a pharmacy assistant can undertake within a pharmacy? …