Struck off for at least 20 years
A Sydney GP who was found guilty of murdering his wife, using insulin meant for another patient, has been deregistered On 8 December 2016, former doctor Brian Kenneth Crickitt was …
Banned for life
An unregistered “health practitioner” who operated a naturopath business has been permanently prohibited from offering any health services The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission says it investigated a number of …
Recurring non-compliance: compounding warning
The Victorian Pharmacy Authority says it continues to find cases of complex compounding being undertaken in inappropriate circumstances The VPA highlighted the issue of complex compounding in its latest circular, …
10 reasons for being a pharmacist
Number one: pharmacists are an integral part of the healthcare team… Early career pharmacists in the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and the International Pharmaceutical Students Federation (IPSF) have examined what …
New compounding resources for NSW
A new checklist and guidance for non-sterile complex compounding have been released in NSW The Pharmacy Council of NSW says it is pleased to announce the launch of its Compounding …
Vaccine-preventable disease skyrockets
Measles notifications have hit 173 across Australia for this year up to September, far surpassing the number for 2018 and 2017… Cases of measles, a very contagious viral illness that …
Clinical tips: bone health
All strategies to prevent or manage osteoporosis are not created equal, writes Ben Basger Did you know that the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners published online a document called …
Meeting the target
Extension granted to allow time to recruit more patients as slow uptake hampers beginning of Chronic Pain MedsCheck trial The Department of Health has granted an additional two months of …
‘Serious deficiencies’—four panel hearings
Expired compounding starting materials, storing S8s outside a drug safe and using open baskets which could pose a risk to privacy were all subjects raised at recent Panel Hearings The …
Pharmacists should be embedded wherever there are medicines: McBride
The head of the Australian Digital Health Agency has given pharmacists two examples of how My Health Record prevented serious adverse outcomes Members of the PSA gathered at the Hotel …
Celebrating pharmacy around the world
Pharmacists all around the world got together—on social media or at the FIP conference in Abu Dhabi—to showcase the profession and celebrate their day International Pharmaceutical Federation president Dominique Jordan …
Pain: the new paradigm
Has pharmacy moved on from the codeine upscheduling? Our panel talks about the new paradigm in pain management by pharmacists In the second of our podcasts on pain treatment and …