Full steam ahead for Sigma?
Is Sigma set to boost its pharmacy spending as it deals with the aftermath of the CWH/EBOS deal? Sigma Healthcare faces some difficult choices as it deals with the aftermath …
Poll: Are MedsChecks ‘double-dipping’?
A Federal Senator recently questioned whether MedsChecks represent pharmacists being paid for ‘doing their job’. Do you agree? A Federal Senator questioned whether pharmacies should be remunerated for providing services …
Avoid One Night Lover
Regulator issues warnings about a number of untested imported drugs The TGA has issued a warning on three products that it has found to contain sildenafil as an undisclosed substance. …
Getting a blue card
Should pharmacists routinely hand out adverse event reporting cards? A petition calling for this is now before Parliament A petition presented to the House of Representatives this week calls for …
Parliament honours late pharmacist MP
Federal Parliamentarians have paid their respects to a pharmacist who was a minister in the Whitlam government Federal Parliament has this week paid respect to the honourable Joseph Max Berinson, …
Not on my watch…
An Internet storm is caused by a US pharmacist’s refusal to supply, but could it also happen in Australia? A US woman says she was publicly shamed and left in …
The prices are down
The PBS has published its latest list of medicines set to undergo price disclosure reductions These medicines are part of the Fifth Remove Originator price reduction cycle, set to take …
We need to get real on CAMs
Pharmacists have to make up a lot of ground to meet the expectations of consumers and other health professionals in the advice offered on complementary medicines, a leading clinical pharmacist …
A waiting game
Hold off on My Health Record registration till a new process comes into place, accredited pharmacists are told Accredited pharmacists should hold off for registering for access to the My …
What’s in a name?
Words count. While the saying is ‘talk is cheap’, what you say and how you say it can actually mean a lot, writes Chris Brooker In today’s world we’re being …
Top of the class
Andrew Stafford honoured with leading consultant pharmacy award Dr Andrew Stafford has been named as the 2018 AACP MIMS Consultant Pharmacist of the Year. Announcing the award at ConPharm 2018 …
Pharmacy’s soft underbelly
Look after your employed pharmacists or the value of your pharmacy and its services will suffer, owners warned Talented, experienced pharmacists are leaving the profession and are being replaced by …