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Reprimand after self-prescribing
A pharmacist decided it was too inconvenient to get to a doctor for scripts – so he prescribed S4 medicines to himself instead A pharmacist with 20 years’ experience as …
Victory for the town with no medicines
Only 3,000 people live there – yet the people of Bonny Hills gathered 2,813 signatures to get their own pharmacy… and won Visiting Bonny Hills and Lake Cathie today at …
Pharmacy preferred over GPs
Nearly two-thirds of British people would prefer to see a pharmacist rather than a GP for minor ailments at least some of the time New research from Sanofi and carried …
Does lower pharmacy density mean more hospital readmissions?
Researchers in the US have uncovered a correlation between pharmacy density and hospital readmissions. While pharmacy density is not a single direct cause in itself, the researchers at the University …
Leak raises access to medicines concerns
Negotiating text leaked online last week raises serious concerns for worldwide access to medicines, warns the Public Health Association of Australia. “A proposed intellectual property chapter to Regional Comprehensive Economic …