ACT
Hospital pharmacists urge focus on workforce strategy
Workforce strategy, funding boost welcomed amid ‘pharmacist burnout and dissatisfaction’ The SHPA has welcomed the ACT 2022-23 Budget, handed down this week by Chief Minister and Treasurer Andrew Barr, but …
Boost for health
Pharmacy bodies welcome millions for healthcare in ACT Budget to invest into COVID-19 response, health system capacity, hospital expansion and pill testing service The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia …
Emergency measure passed for ACT
ACT follows suit in granting pharmacists special authority to supply emergency medicine ACT pharmacists can now supply a standard pack of most prescription-only medicines without a script to patients affected …
Inquest queries co-prescribing
A GP has been cleared of inappropriate treatment after a combination of prescription and non-prescription drugs contributed to a patient’s death Combined toxicity of prescription and non-prescription drugs contributed to …
Keeping pharmacy in pharmacy
Regulators act to stop retailers appropriating the profession’s title Pharmacy regulators have recently taken action to prevent a non-pharmacy retail franchise from using the word ‘pharmacy’ in their stores. In …
Vaccination expanded for Canberra pharmacists
Canberrans may now receive the whooping cough vaccine from their local pharmacist without a prescription Under new changes to the ACT vaccination standards, pharmacists can now be trained to administer …
The end of uncertainty?
A sense of security is what drew this pharmacist and owner to award-winning program Pharmacist Ben Jackson (pictured above, left) owns both the Amcal Plus and Guardian pharmacies located in …