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The week in review
As Victorians head to the polls, we wrap up the last week in community pharmacy The Pharmacy Guild‘s Anthony Tassone has supported one measure announced by Victoria’s Liberal National Opposition—an …
Data reveals pharmacy pay gap
Male pharmacists in the UK are out-earning women in the profession by 6.4%, new data has shown The Pharmaceutical Journal conducted a salary and job satisfaction survey between July and …
Report card: CWH training pay compliance
How well has Chemist Warehouse kept up its end of its compliance partnership with the Fair Work Ombudsman? The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has released its National Compliance Monitoring Report …
Work and pay outcomes for grads
There’s good news and bad news for pharmacy graduates: you’ll get a job, but it won’t pay too well Of those who graduated pharmacy in 2015, 95.5% had found full-time …
Hospital pharmacists win on pay, staffing
Pharmacists working in the ACT’s public hospital system have secured a win for their pay and conditions Last month Professionals Australia ACT director Dale Beasley told the AJP that a …
Casuals move welcomed by Guild, slammed by unions
Industrial Relations Minister Kelly O’Dwyer has decided to intervene in a court case which will have significant implications for casual workers and their employers The move centred around a Federal …
Lack of hope: hospital pharmacists ready to walk
Hospital pharmacists in the ACT’s public system are heading towards industrial action, as understaffing puts patients at risk, says PPA Significant understaffing is leading to conflict with other health professionals, …
Working conditions better in GP surgeries?
The pharmacists’ union has thrown its weight behind pharmacists working in GP surgeries Following the 2018 International Pharmaceutical Federation conference in Glasgow, Scotland, PPA cited a presentation by Matthew Boyd, …
World news wrapup: 13 September 2018
‘Disappointing’ reaction to Canadian snooping case; Kiwi pharmacist smuggled out of Zambia; British man denies murder of pharmacist wife Nova Scotia, Canada: Nova Scotia’s privacy commissioner has criticised the Health …
The week in review
The week may have ended with all eyes on Canberra, but it began with a pharmacy focus in Brisbane At the start of the week, the Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into …
The week in review
All eyes are on Sydney this week as the Pharmaceutical Society hosts its annual conference, PSA18 The PSA has announced its top honours for the year: John Jackson was named …
Pharmacists ‘intimidated’ out of pursuing claims
The union for employee pharmacists has lodged an underpayment claim of around $160,000 for a pharmacist in charge PPA says that the case is the “worst example of wage theft” …