minor ailments
Bureaucrats ‘missing a trick’ with pharmacy
Governments around the globe need to rethink how they look at using pharmacy to deliver health services, a pharmacist says Pharmacy policymakers should be urging bureaucrats to integrate healthcare systems …
Pharmacy service open door to healthcare
Pharmacist-delivered minor ailments schemes can provide access points for patients who would not engage with traditional healthcare services Expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice to include the treatment of common conditions …
Scope expansion key to cost-of-living savings
Well-evaluated pharmacist-delivered minor ailment schemes will generate savings for governments and patients, International Pharmaceutical Federation president, Paul Sinclair, says Evidence of the health and economic benefits derived from pharmacy-based minor …
Taking pharmacy forward
Dr Sarah Dineen-Griffin speaks about pharmacy’s road to full scope of practice In this podcast, Carlene McMaugh speaks to the NSW government’s clinical pharmacy trials chief investigator, Dr Sarah Dineen-Griffin …
‘There must be governance in play’: PSA head
PSA supports the pharmacy scope trials, says its leader, but good governance is key – and in the meantime, there are “burning issues” like vaccination harmonisation to be addressed Speaking …
World news wrapup: 9 March 2023
Entire Lloydspharmacy group at risk in UK; “embarrassed” Irish pharmacist blasts PM over pharmacy inaction; Walgreens caught in medical abortion war UK: All of Lloydspharmacy’s 1,300 branches across the UK …
Trust your gut feelings
A vital part of being a good pharmacist is knowing when to refer, writes Karalyn Huxhagen Pharmacists are often the first port of call for customers seeking an opinion as …
Scope of practice pilot to take off
The scope of the Queensland pharmacy pilot has been finalised, narrower than originally anticipated – but a leading GP still decries it as a “script writing exercise” Queensland minister for …
World news wrapup: 11 November 2021
US union pharmacists to strike over wages; vaccine fraud in Canada; Scotland eyes sore throats in minor ailment scheme San Francisco, California: The union representing pharmacists employed by Kaiser Permanente …
World news wrapup: 23 September 2021
Pharmacist indicted over alleged drug ring; crackdown on pharmacies without pharmacists; staff arrested over fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates Grosse Point Park, Michigan: A pharmacist has reportedly been charged with dispensing …
‘We ultimately are the community triage.’
Constipation, toothache, boils, hiccups and trouble sleeping: these are all reasons people in NSW have been calling ambulances NSW Ambulance and NSW Police have released a joint statement asking people …
GP ‘horror’ at pharmacy ED proposal
Leading GPs have slammed a PSA proposal, with one saying managing non-urgent Emergency presentations in pharmacy is not “just a fun, income-generating exercise” Last week, the Pharmaceutical Society’s NSW Branch …