COVID-19
CWH, Pharmacy 777 on watch list
Pharmacies are on the list of places visited by a man with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in WA WA Health has confirmed that a security guard working at a …
The week in review
COVID vaccination was a key issue this week, as well as the future of pharmacy, as NAPSA held its annual congress There was big news from the Morrison Government this …
World news wrapup: 28 January 2021
Pharmacists “summarily let go” in mass ShopRite closures; vaccine-tampering pharmacist to plead guilty; pharmacists spearhead minority vaccine uptake Keasbey, New Jersey: Wakefern Food Corp has announced that it will close …
Pharmacists encouraged to be at frontline
Pharmacists and other stakeholders have welcomed the TGA’s provisional approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed the Therapeutic Goods Administration approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech …
First COVID vaccine approved for Australia
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has provisionally approved the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in Australia “Following a thorough and independent review of Pfizer’s submission, the TGA has decided that this …
‘Watch this space.’
Pharmacy leader signals likely involvement for some pharmacist immunisers as part of Phase 1 of the COVID-19 vaccine strategy A limited number of pharmacists are expected to be utilised during …
The week in review
As we get into the swing of 2021, issues around questioning worrying scripts, rural maintenance and the COVID-19 vaccine have come into play this week A pharmacist has been reprimanded …
World news wrapup: 21 January 2021
Pharmacy allegedly bought 61 times the state average of fentanyl; actor asked to leave LA pharmacy for going maskless; customer queued at pharmacy and said they had COVID Cleveland, Ohio: …
Poll: Is pharmacy ready for the COVID vaccine?
Is pharmacy ready for its planned role in Phase 2 of the COVID vaccine rollout? We want to find out what our readers believe Health Minister Greg Hunt has said …
‘What we urgently need is real support.’
The presidents of all five international organisations that make up the World Health Professions Alliance have called for continued support for health and care workers in 2021 in a joint …
Recognition for telechemotherapy pharmacists
An award-winning pharmacy team describes how they delivered chemotherapy to patients during the pandemic The WA Country Health Service (WACHS) TeleChemotherapy Pharmacy team has received national recognition from the Society of …
Patient safety cited in vaccine turf war
Ongoing debate over community pharmacy involvement in COVID-19 vaccine rollout is “a waste of everybody’s time”, says leading community pharmacist Lobbying by GP groups against the proposed role of community …