Pharmacy Board
Why pharmacists trust Ahpra – or not
Covid-19, vaccination and vaccine mandates all feature among significant reasons why some pharmacists do not trust their Board or Ahpra The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the Pharmacy …
Board reveals reputational insights
Trust in the Pharmacy Board has dropped to its lowest level recorded for the profession The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the Pharmacy Board of Australia have released results …
Audit is coming…
What were the most common advertising breaches over the last two years? In its last newsletter for 2022, the Pharmacy Board highlighted that responsible advertising around regulated health services should …
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 …
Rego reminder
It’s that time of year—registration renewal including insurance declaration, writes PDL in its latest practice update Each year, PDL receives calls from pharmacists who have overlooked their Ahpra registration renewal. …
Pharmacist’s ‘emphatic’ remorse after stealing from CWH
The Pharmacy Board has issued a statement about a pharmacist who misappropriated prescription-only pain medication and stole money from the Chemist Warehouse where she worked. The Victorian Civil and Administrative …
The week in review
It was a busy week for Ahpra, plus another round of the UTI turf wars and a new critique of the ownership and location rules The latest Productivity Commission report …
Clonidine dose error not spotted
A pharmacist allegedly made a mistake while compounding a clonidine suspension, and a child was admitted to hospital The Pharmacy Board has published a new case study, which it says …
Autonomous prescribing a ‘core task’ for pharmacists: Twomey
To smooth the way towards potential autonomous pharmacist prescribing, the Pharmacy Board has announced that it will develop accreditation standards for related education programs These programs would qualify and equip …
Rego reminder
Renew early to avoid delays during the registration period, urges the Board Pharmacists have until November 30 to renew their general or non-practising registration on time, says the Pharmacy Board. …
Sub-register snapshot
The Board has reminded practitioners who did not take action to contact it about staying on the sub-register about their registration status Ahpra and the Boards have said in a …
Rego fees up… but below inflation
Ahpra and the Pharmacy Board have announced this year’s registration fees, with a small increase for pharmacists Some Boards have frozen their fees for the next year, or reduced them …