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Health ombudsman reveals that only a fraction of complaints made to it concern pharmacists – but one in 20 of the queries it couldn’t address were medicine-related The office of …

Rite-Aid files for bankruptcy protection; NZ co-pay abolition sees patients return to independents; FIP statement on Israel-Gaza New York, US: Pharmacy chain Rite Aid, beset by difficult trading conditions, consequences …

The Ombudsman received a “record” number of complaints about the regulation of health practitioners over the past year, but how many related to pharmacy? This past financial year the office …

PRU director warns that pharmacists are being targeted by criminal networks for high-risk medications, with the council continuing to receive complaints Criminal networks are targeting pharmacists to obtain high-risk medicines …

A jump in complaints about NSW pharmacists was driven not by a growth in professional misconduct, but in Health Ministry activity The Review of the Health Care Complaints Commission 2019-20 …

What is the most common type of complaint against pharmacists? And who is most likely to lodge a notification? Ahpra reveals all in latest annual report Ahpra has released its …

Pharmacists have been on the receiving end of an increasing number of complaints, and even calls to police over medication supply, says this professional officer There has been an increase …

Fewer than 1% of pharmacists accounted for nearly a third of all complaints in Australia, according to new research A review of data on all pharmacists registered to practise in …

Eight complaints against a former compounding pharmacist have been dropped by the HCCC, but only after he promised to “never again” seek registration in the future The HCCC has withdrawn …

It’s been a busy and varied week in pharmacy, with opportunities to think about new ways to address existing issues, plus movement on opioids and concern about price gouging We …

A new analysis has looked at the most common complaints against five different health professions: including pharmacists An author team, led by Professor Merrilyn Walton from the University of Sydney, …

What is a vexatious complaint, who makes them and what should pharmacists do if they’re on the receiving end? Notifications against health practitioners including pharmacists are rising, and some of …