disability
NDIS: the struggle to include pharmacists
Consultant pharmacists can now provide home medicines reviews and residential management reviews to NDIS recipients—but they still face barriers and hurdles to providing care. Megan Haggan takes a look at …
‘This is an emergency in our community’
Greens Senator asks about the status of ADHD medicine, and slams government over extended expected shortage At last week’s (15 February 2024) Senate Estimates hearings, Greens Senator Jordan Steele-John outlined …
‘Health and disability are not mutually exclusive’
Pharmacists can’t currently register as NDIS providers to boost quality use of medicines for people with intellectual disability and autism – but a new pilot is addressing an “urgent gap” …
Hearing loss in older people
Hearing loss is under-recognised and under-treated often due to the belief that it is part of normal ageing.1 This article aims to increase an awareness in pharmacists of the consequences …
Health system ‘failing’ Aussies with disability: report
New report finds multiple barriers to safe medicines use in people living with disability, and strong need for improved access to pharmacists and pharmacies The PSA has launched a new …
‘Pharmacists are in handcuffs’ in disability care
One stakeholder has taken aim at how medicines are used in disability care, likening this to the problems found in the aged care sector There is a complete lack of …
Winning pharmacist has DAA, autism focus
TerryWhite Chemmart has announced its HEART awards, giving its highest honour to South Australian pharmacy owner Matt Boulter The TerryWhite Chemmart Network Partner conference wrapped up this week with a …
World news wrapup: 14 March 2019
Patients suffer vision loss after receiving allegedly adulterated eye injections; Boots pharmacists vote for union representation; pharmacist facing charges after unsecured methadone stolen Dallas, Texas: A federal court has ordered …
Helping the vision impaired
This free award-winning app assists people who have difficulty reading medication labels AJP recently looked into the difficulty that people with limited vision can have in managing their medications. In …
‘You were a regular, people knew you.’
A man has been placed on a two-year community corrections order and banned from entering a TerryWhite Chemmart after he robbed it with a knife Anthony Standen, a 57-year-old man …
‘I had to kind of pave the way.’
An American pharmacist is speaking out to inspire other deaf people to follow their dreams – and for hearing people to include them Dr Bethany Fiskum spoke to WLWT5’s Victoria …
Diversity in the pharmacy
Age, gender, race, sexuality or physical ability should not exclude an individual, but rather be seen as a valuable asset, writes Sam Flood Like all millennials, I have been fortunate …