bushfires
‘Burning throats, difficulty breathing and burning eyes.’
Sydney pharmacists have been working overtime after the city was hit with an air quality index ten times the ‘hazardous’ level on Tuesday After weeks of haze covering Sydney due …
Emergency supply
Department of Health advises that emergency medicine provisions are in place for bushfire affected parts of NSW, Queensland The Federal Department of Health has issued emergency advice to pharmacists in …
Reach out, says PSS
The Pharmacists’ Support Service urges pharmacists impacted by bushfires to seek help if they need it With fires raging in Queensland, NSW and Western Australia there are sure to be …
Help us help: Quilty
The shortcomings of provisions for emergency medicines access have been highlighted by the Guild’s national executive director following disasters in Tasmania and Queensland The recent bushfires in Tasmania and other …
Pharmacists battle to help patients
One pharmacist has slept in his pharmacy for the last seven nights, and another drove through an emergency alert area to open his store, as fires rage across Tasmania At …
The week in review
Several stakeholders have taken aim at pharmacy this week… but others have expressed support for what pharmacists do The ACTU has called for changes to employment rules which would see …
‘We won’t get in today.’
The pharmacy at Tathra has survived this week’s devastating bushfire – but its owner doesn’t know when he’ll be allowed to reopen it The Rural Fire Service has confirmed that …
Bushfire respiratory warning
With fires burning around Victoria, one expert has warned people with respiratory illness to take care With the mercury topping 40 degrees C in Melbourne today ahead of an expected …
Whatever the weather, be prepared on asthma
This week’s fires in Western Australia have again highlighted the importance for people with asthma of being prepared Tony Carter, executive director of the Asthma Foundation WA, told the AJP …