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World news wrapup: 8 October 2020
“Brutal cold bullying behaviours” of chain employers highlighted; APhA hopes to break Pharmacy Benefit Managers power; scope widens for some in NZ UK: Large pharmacy chains are exhibiting “brutal cold …
A fair go for methadone patients
Angelo Pricolo takes a look at recommendations to help methadone patients, and whether these could help or hinder Unfortunately we have seen another methadone takeaway (T/A) death reported on in …
Case highlights seven-day dosing access
By the time he died, his local Chemmart pharmacy and the beach were the only two places visited by a Tasmanian man with mental illness who was on the methadone …
World news wrapup: 27 August 2020
UAE cracks down on prescription discounting; US docs oppose pharmacist vaccination of children; pharmacist loses battle with COVID-19 Dubai, UAE: The Gulf News reports that the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry …
Warning over ‘designer drug’ risks
A coroner has called for clinician training about the risks of using synthetic cannabinoids after the death of a Victorian man A 53-year-old man from Killara, on the Albury-Wodonga border …
Coroner expresses concern over man’s overdose death
The GP who prescribed methadone to a Tasmanian man was found to have breached the Poisons Act on 35 occasions A 51-year-old Tasmanian man died from acute methadone toxicity in …
World news wrapup: 18 June 2020
Another UK pharmacist lost to COVID; teenager creates naloxone auto-injector; fake degrees appeal dismissed Dagenham, England: The UK has lost another pharmacist to COVID-19, Navin Shantilal Talati, who was the …
World news wrapup: 14 May 2020
Home-made Covid “cure” kills pharmacist; more UK closures; pharmacist politician risks Turkish Government crackdown to help in pandemic Chennai, India: An Ayurvedic pharmacist has died after he drank a chemical …
World news wrapup: 7 May 2020
Backlash after pharmacists left out of life assurance scheme; NZ pharmacies in financial peril; Welsh pharmacy calls police on English patient UK: Following outrage that pharmacists were not automatically included …
The week in review
COVID-19 once again dominated the headlines this week, though it was also a time to look back at past tragedies, recent and more distant Pharmacists are being urged to download …
World news wrapup: 30 April 2020
UK mourns another “true NHS hero;” pharmacy owner says frozen business account due to her ethnicity; Indian state introduces pharmacy reporting app North London, England: Britain has lost another pharmacist …
‘Missed opportunity’ to detect accidental overdose danger
A coroner has made AHPRA notifications about two health practitioners after a young woman unexpectedly died the day after her methadone dose was bumped up The Victorian woman, who was …