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AHPRA apologises for email blunder
Pharmacists across the country were surprised when they received the Physiotherapy Board newsletter The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has emailed pharmacists apologising for sending them the Physiotherapy Board …
New warning on methotrexate dispensing
Pharmacy Board publishes new warnings on the danger of incorrect methotrexate prescribing and dispensing following recent reports The Pharmacy and Medical Boards have published a joint reminder on the dangers …
A failure of communication
A near miss case where a patient accidentally collected the incorrect medication highlights multiple cases of process failure, regulator says A case from late 2020 where a patient almost left …
The top ten
Pay disputes, crime and practice errors dominated our list of most read stories over the previous month These are the ten most clicked stories on our website from 12 January …
Learning from experience
A medication safety advocate speaks about calling for change following the death of her son, and how pharmacists can learn from mistakes, rather than the focus being on punishment In …