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Skin patches instead of needles: can nanotechnology vaccinate the world?
Skin patches instead of needles: can nanotechnology vaccinate the world? Tristan Clemons, University of Western Australia Who likes getting a needle? I know I definitely don’t. Someone else who doesn’t …
FIP releases global plan for the future
FIP has published a global vision and goals to transform pharmacy education and the pharmacy workforce during a conference of national pharmacy leaders in Nanjing, China. Change is vital if …
Three ways to find certainty in uncertain times
It’s easy for pharmacists to feel as though we’re on shaky ground right now, but pharmacists do have some control, writes Vanessa Lontos Over the past few months I, like …
Pay doesn’t reflect qualifications, social benefit: Quilty
Pharmacist pay may not adequately reflect the value of pharmacists’ work nor the education required to practice, says Guild executive director David Quilty In this week’s edition of Forefront, Quilty …
The need for a pharmacy workforce strategy
What is the right balance between supply and demand for pharmacists and how do we ensure an adequate number with the requisite skills and experience for the existing and emerging …
Which expanded health care role interests you?
Which expanded health care role interests you most? Internationally and in Australia, pharmacists are moving into new and expanded roles in community pharmacy. Recently the Grattan Institute’s Dr Stephen Duckett …
Reschedule meds, fund vaccine service to support pharmacies: White
Pharmacy needs to remove roadblocks such as the schedule of some medicines in order to pave the way for Terry White member success, says the group’s CEO, Anthony White. Funding …
Stephen King talks future with independent pharmacies
Professor Stephen King was in Adelaide last week to discuss the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation with Pharmacy Choice members. At the Member Network Event, Prof King had an …
Poll: do you want to expand your role?
Are you keen to expand your role—or worried about workload and pay? Last week, the Grattan Institute’s Dr Stephen Duckett said that using pharmacists’ skills to take the pressure off …
Pharmacy workforce to evolve
Pharmacy will have to evolve as technologies are introduced and refined, says Kristin Michaels, CEO of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia. Michaels was addressing the two day Future …
Falling PBS script prices force pharmacies to boost retail revenue
PBS reform is forcing pharmacy operators to boost their retail revenue, a report from IBISWorld, Pharmacies in 2016-7, shows. The report, which warns of troubled times ahead for pharmacy, says …
‘Beady greedy eyes of pharmacy owners’ – What you said
Two days ago, we reported on the PSA16 panel session examining pay rates for pharmacists, which PSA CEO Lance Emerson called “the single largest issue facing the profession in community …