Residents beg for walkable pharmacy after rejection
A South Australian minister has written to Mark Butler asking for approval for a new pharmacy licence, after members of a “walkable community” lamented their lack of a pharmacy InDaily …
‘Heartbreaking’ decisions see pharmacist make co-pay call
A pharmacist has called for the co-payment on PBS items to be scrapped for all concession or pension card holders “I’ve been a pharmacist for more than 20 years, and …
More than ever…
The 2024 theme for Thank Your Pharmacist Day has been announced The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has stated that the 2024 theme for Thank Your Pharmacist Day is, “More than …
Why large corporate retailers should stay out of pharmacy: committee
Guild welcomes moves in Queensland to forbid pharmacies being located in supermarkets, and preventing third parties from exercising “inappropriate control” of medicines provision The report into the Pharmacy Business Ownership …
‘Health professionals must never be targeted’
Alongside colleagues in nursing, medicine and dentistry, pharmacists condemn violence against health providers The World Health Professions Alliance is asking health professionals worldwide to sign an open letter calling for …
The week in review
Still no sign of the 8CPA…at the time of writing, anyway…but we’ve had a lot of other news to keep up to date with this week That tardy 8CPA is …
Rego cancelled after presenting forged scripts
After a pharmacy contacted her, a psychiatrist reported her prescription pad had been stolen Ahpra has issued a statement about a South Australian nurse who stole a prescription pad and …
‘We hear and value all voices’
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has opened consultation on the organisation’s first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy Announced on International Women’s Day (8 March 2024), the initiative is …
Man hurls abuse at CWH staff
Pharmacists and pharmacy staff do not deserve to be given a hard time when they are just trying to do their jobs, a magistrate has said News media has reported …
Supplementing your customer’s knowledge
Pharmacists are the gatekeepers of medicines—including complementary meds. As the industry grows, so too does the need for pharmacists to be informed about the latest trends, evidence and interactions. By …
The home front
In between advertising Queen Macassar Oil for setting victory rolls in place and announcing that housewives needed Scrubb’s Cloudy Ammonia, the AJP told us that many Australians had a case …
From a three-year disqualification to a two-month suspension: tribunal decision
A pharmacist’s three-year suspension has been set aside, and a two-month suspension imposed instead. A tribunal says there’s one key reason the case was dealt with this way The Pharmacy …