World news wrapup: 14 July 2022
Pharmacist right to conscientious objection appeal in Poland; NZ pharmacies flooded with patients; US pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid Kraków, Poland: A pharmacist was reprimanded for refusing to dispense emergency contraception …
‘Book your booster,’ says Albo
The PM chooses a Sydney pharmacy for his COVID booster dose, while one stakeholder calls for remuneration for pharmacists’ critical role in vaccination Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was vaccinated against …
‘All a bit strange:’ pharmacist uncovers fake scripts
A Victorian pharmacist’s thorough detective work proved to be the undoing of a nurse who forged 62 scripts for painkillers A former nurse has appeared before the Victorian Civil and …
‘The result will be a lot of people not testing at all.’
Stakeholders from Chemist Warehouse all the way through to the RACGP are begging the Federal Government not to end the concessional RAT program this month as planned A Chemist Warehouse …
Pair allegedly rob pharmacy with nail gun
Pharmacies have been robbed with weapons including a meat cleaver, nail gun, syringe and hammer in recent attacks O’Connor, ACT: Police used stop sticks to catch a pair who had …
‘Very sensible’ change to antiviral eligibility: Guild
Access to antivirals for COVID on the PBS has been widened to include anyone aged over 70 All Australians aged over 70 who test positive to COVID will be able …
Docs slam pharmacy as ‘cramped retail setting’
Leading doctors have criticised the permanent UTI pilot extension as a “recipe for disaster,” while pharmacists reject claims made by the AMA on their behalf Last week, Queensland’s Minister for …
The week in review
Between news of the Queensland UTI trial, a focus on pay and conditions and COVID news, it’s been a busy week in pharmacy The Urinary Tract Infection Pharmacy Pilot—Queensland made …
Australia needs to be ‘jolted from complacency:’ SHPA
The SHPA has called for improved access to antivirals to treat COVID, as well as an extra vaccine for health workers The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has added …
New mental health resources
Support for pharmacists to provide much needed mental health services is now available The support comes through two new publications from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP): “Mental healthcare — A …
Decision ‘unequivocal recognition’ of pharmacy role
Queensland has moved to make the Urinary Tract Infection Pharmacy Pilot a permanent service State Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Yvette D’Ath announced that Queensland Health would embed the …
UTI extension ‘playing with fire:’ RACGP
Patients don’t want to report bad outcomes from the UTI trial to pharmacists, claim doctors in the latest attack on the pilot, while a leading pharmacist calls for an end …