Western Australia
Should ‘retail pharmacists’ be on the WA priority occupation list?
Pharmacy union asked to gauge members’ views on the need for retail pharmacists to be included in the Western Australia’s priority occupation list Pharmacists with experience of working in remote …
UTI program highlights value of pharmacy
Patients willing to pay for pharmacist-delivered service rather than wait for a GP appointment Initial data from the Western Australian pharmacist urinary tract infection (UTI) treatment program is showing strong …
An ‘unreasonable’ pursuit: Tribunal
Pharmacist to pay costs to Pharmacy Board following dispute over registration A dispute over registration requirements has ended in a pharmacist paying costs to the Pharmacy Board of Australia, although …
‘A step in the right direction.’
Pharmacy groups welcome expansion of WA’s vaccination program, but doctor’s groups conversely warn the move “is a step in the wrong direction” PSA’s WA Branch has welcomed the expansion of …
Significant pharmacy vaccine expansion for WA
WA expands pharmacist vaccine scope to include HPV vax and lowers the flu vax age to five years, as pharmacy bodies call for the same for all other states and …
Community pharmacy push in lead up to election
This Pharmacy Guild branch has secured written statements of support from its state’s Labor, Liberal, Nationals and Greens parties Community pharmacies in Western Australia has received written statements of support …
The reason behind skyrocketing autism rates
WA researchers have shown the so-called “autism epidemic” is due to an increase in diagnosis – not vaccines Professor Andrew Whitehouse, Head of Autism Research at the Telethon Kids Institute …