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World news wrapup: 15 December 2022
Kiwi pharmacy owner caters lunch for tired staff; Chinese residents begin stockpiling medicines, pharmacist sentenced over 2012 Boston fungal meningitis outbreak Taranaki, New Zealand: A pharmacy owner has made the …
Pharmacists’ seized assets to pay nearly $2m debt
A Brisbane pharmacist charged with defrauding the PBS has been ordered to repay nearly $2 million This took place after the Australian Federal Police-led Criminal Asset Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) restrained …
‘A terrible and repeating chaos.’
Pharmacists must seek help when their mental health begins to challenge them, a Tribunal has warned, as it disqualified a pharmacist from practising for three years The Victorian Civil and …
Diazepam for cash… before suicide
A Western Australian pharmacist has been disqualified from applying for registration for three years after a tribunal found he had committed professional misconduct The State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia …
The week in review
As many of Australia’s hospital pharmacists congregate in Brisbane, we looked at some of pharmacy’s stars… and continued to hear from angry doctors Congratulations to Tom Simpson, who was elected …
World news wrapup: 1 December 2022
Pharmacist vaccination support program a huge success; guilty finding over fake scripts; “ageist” response to makeup request London, England: An award-winning scheme that saw community pharmacists support patients to understand …
Legal roundup
Man steals medicine, wrestles victims; suspect arrested in pharmacy assistant murder case; woman sentenced over perfume thefts Rockhampton, Queensland: A man has been denied bail after he allegedly broke into …
Pharmacist self-medicated with alcohol before crashing Porsche
A pharmacist has been told that with his training he should have understood the danger of managing his depression with alcohol, at his sentencing for a drink driving crash A …
World news wrapup: 24 November 2022
UK supermarket offers pay advances to pharmacy workers; pharmacy owner allegedly murders woman in his shop; medicines shortages impacting Israel UK: Supermarket giant Tesco has announced that given the growing …
World news wrapup: 18 November 2022
UK pharmacies in dire straits; pharmacy students wrongly told they failed exams; alleged cough syrup illegal dispensing scheme England, UK: The Daily Mail has reported on the potential for up …
Magistrate’s understanding over fake script
A pharmacist thwarted the plans of a man who had gotten his hands on a stolen blank script A man has pleaded guilty to charges relating to his July 2022 …
Two-year stretch for $288k PBS fraud
A pharmacist has been sentenced after pleading guilty over making fake PBS claims The Department of Health and Aged Care has issued a statement about NSW pharmacist Felix Chan, who …