MedsASSIST use hasn’t dropped
Most pharmacies are still using MedsASSIST, an AJP poll has found As the deadline for the upscheduling of codeine-containing OTCs grows closer, AJP readers had warned that pharmacies might drop …
World news wrapup: 20 July 2017
US pharmacy student gives gift to the homeless; older UK pharmacists pushed out; Ohio husband and wife pharmacists indicted Carmel, Indiana: When pharmacy student Sarah Cummins and her fiance cancelled …
Negotiation or confrontation?
Guild strives to work for a new model for non-script codeine dispensing as profession takes the fight to pollies’ offices The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says it is working on …
ECP Spotlight: Vikki Speirs
AJP chats with Vikki Speirs, Managing Partner of Hope Island Chempro Chemist, Gold Coast, Qld 1. How long have you been in your role? I have been working here since I …
King approach ‘radical and untested’
The direction taken by the King Review looks like a calculated attempt to dismantle the current community pharmacy model, says Guild executive director David Quilty. In this week’s edition of …
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarships announced
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced the recipients of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme This year two students have been awarded the prestigious scholarship and …
Vic launches pharmacist-GP collaborative pilot
Pharmacists and doctors in rural Victoria are set to come together to help manage patients’ chronic illnesses The Victorian Government has announced the launch of the Pharmacist Chronic Disease Management …
Pharmacist MP pays up for flight ‘error’
Hospital pharmacist and Labor MP Emma McBride has repaid the cost of a flight from Perth to Canberra after it was billed to taxpayers The Daily Telegraph and Express Advocate …
Pharmacy of the Year entries open
The hunt to find Australia’s best pharmacy is on again Applications opened today for the prestigious Pharmacy Guild of Australia Pharmacy of the Year Award 2018. The Pharmacy Guild says …
Official Guild response to King interim paper heard at Pharmacy Connect
Pharmacy Connect will host two dedicated sessions to discuss some of the issues raised in the King Review’s interim report and the industry’s responses Conference Convenor Kos Sclavos says that …
How resistant bacteria looks in Australia
A new surveillance system set up to provide early warning of the spread of dangerous bacteria has detected more than 1,000 cases across Australia resistant to last-line antibiotics The system …
Forum: Workforce woes!!!
An AusPharm member states: “I’ve been reading articles about shortage in pharmacists especially in regional areas. And I have to agree. Things are worst than I’ve ever seen since I …