community pharmacy
Q&A with Kate Carnell AO and Curtis Ruhnau: Mental health in the pharmacy profession
To coincide with Mental Health Week (10-18 Oct), the AJP and PSS are pleased to host this exclusive webinar event to address the mental wellbeing of the pharmacy profession 13 …
I’m a pharmacist get me out of here! Three steps to a thriving pharmacy career
What career pathways are available to pharmacists, beyond the usual options of community or hospital pharmacy? Hear this ‘fireside chat’ featuring two pharmacists who have carved out diverse and interesting …
I’m a pharmacist – get me out of here! Three steps to a thriving pharmacy career
What career pathways are available to pharmacists, beyond the usual options of community or hospital pharmacy? Join us for a ‘fireside chat’ featuring two pharmacists who have carved out diverse …
Staying afloat on the wave of COVID-19 and beyond
How do you cope when your dream is shattered? How can a pharmacy become a mental health hub? And how do you nurture your own headspace? These questions and many …
Staying afloat on the wave of COVID-19 and beyond
Do you know how to ask someone you’re concerned about how they’re doing? Could you guide them to possible support options? And how do you maintain your own headspace? This …
Large review finds positive pharmacy impact
Community pharmacy-based interventions most likely have a positive effect on health behaviours, intermediate clinical outcomes and quality of life in patients, Cochrane review finds The Cochrane review set out to …
‘Service roles should not be duplicated.’
Guild rejects proposal to embed pharmacists independent of community pharmacy, saying this would lead to duplication and fragmentation of care Pharmacists would be best integrated into aged care facilities through …
Are you one of these pharmacist ‘types’?
The shopkeeper, the grocer, the locum, the homeopath, the community pharmacist… one researcher has attempted to classify pharmacists into various categories Pharmacists are not a homogeneous group, yet little attention …
A suitable environment?
Hospital pharmacy group shares concerns about community pharmacy environment over downscheduling medicines – but the Guild says most pharmacies are properly equipped The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) …
The ‘hidden’ healthcare profession?
Pharmacists believe they are seen as “shopkeepers” and do not feel adequately recognised as registered healthcare professionals Community and hospital pharmacists want to be recognised as medicines experts but are …
Do you want fries with that?
The community pharmacy model is “lining up at the abattoir”, prominent GP tells his colleagues Leading pharmacy critic, Dr Evan Ackermann has continued his critique of the current community pharmacy …
Behind the scenes
The Health Minister has signalled there may be potential for some amendments on price disclosure, says community pharmacist insider Community pharmacist and owner of an independent pharmacy in Rozelle, NSW, …
