ACT
‘Care, commitment and professionalism’
TerryWhite Chemmart Compounding Ainslie is the Pharmacy Guild’s ACT Community Pharmacy of the Year TerryWhite Chemmart Compounding Ainslie is the 2027 ACT Community Pharmacy of the Year, the Pharmacy Guild …
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 …