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The week in review
There’s been a lot to keep up with in pharmacy this week, with the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce released, more GP-pharmacy turf wars and moves in industrial action The Strengthening Medicare …
‘We need to be on our game’
Australian pharmacists should be able to provide all vaccinations for everybody, says a sector leader, saying climate change will see the profession need to move forward Limitations on telehealth and …
Guild leader outlines system shock
The Advanced Practice Framework is “a load of crap,” and the supervised and structured pharmacist prescribing models are like a plumber having to oversee an electrician’s work, says Guild president …
The boundaries are shifting
We stand at an inflection point in Australian pharmacy, and the boundaries of our profession are shifting, writes Tom Simpson Contemporary complex healthcare is driven by integration and specialisation and …
‘You have no idea how important these pharmacy services are.’
Pharmacists provide professional services without remuneration because of the need they see in the community, says one researcher Pharmacists have published the results of work investigating the types of unfunded …
‘Alarming’ rates of hospital pharmacists quitting
Job vacancies in hospital pharmacy have never been higher, warns the SHPA The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has again called for the commissioning of a 10-year National Pharmacy …
Equipping the profession
War, food insecurity and fallout from the pandemic could undo decades of work to improve global health, say international pharmacy leaders Professor Ashok Soni, vice president of the International Pharmaceutical …
What you said
Ways to address the workforce shortage, violence at a WA Chemist Warehouse and the prospect of increased workloads via full scope all had pharmacists taking to their keyboards Here is …
The week in review
Online abuse of pharmacists, medicines shortages, and a glimpse into the near future made the headlines this week Medicines shortages came to the fore this week, as a survey examined …
World news wrapup: 28 July 2022
Pharmacist’s “repulsive” alleged acts exchanging pills for sex; US pharmacy stakeholder calls for clarity in wake of abortion debate; Ontarians say wider scope too little, too late Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A …
Pressure to ‘soldier on’ despite burnout
Job stress, work climate and burnout are all factors in hospital pharmacists looking to quit – with one in five likely to leave or change their job A new report …
Review our pay, say pharmacists
What do pharmacists want? A new review of pay… and a Guild leader says remuneration is on its agenda After the dust settled on the May Federal Election, we asked …