Third win in a row for Southern pharmacy team
A poster outlining a project to optimise antimicrobial stewardship through weekly virtual reviews has won accolades for one pharmacy team NSW Health has congratulated Southern NSW Local Health District’s pharmacy …
World news wrapup: 10 July 2025
English “neighbourhood health centres” to include pharmacists; US hospital pharmacist jailed for animal cruelty and drug theft; contraceptive options dwindle in Russia Essex, England: Pulse Today has reported that some …
Cannabis scripts soar – and patient harm increases
Practitioners have self-prescribed medicinal cannabis or prescribed without a legitimate indication – and some have issued more than 10,000 scripts in six months for the products Ahpra and the National …
‘Think health, think pharmacist’
“Pharmacy without the pharmacist is a risk to health,” says a world leading member of the profession as it gears up to celebrate its role The International Pharmaceutical Federation has …
Pharmacist tips off police over fake scripts
A celebrity stylist has been charged with producing fake prescriptions to obtain stimulant drugs, after a pharmacist became suspicious Mainstream media have reported on the arrest and court appearance of …
Rebate for ‘fairer and more flexible’ fees
Ahpra announces that a 30% rebate on annual renewal fees for practitioners who take parental leave is now in effect As well as applying to those taking parental leave, the …
Four in five tots unvaccinated against flu
Pharmacy tapped to help boost flu vaccination rates in children aged under five, as infection rates soar As of Monday (7 July 2025), community pharmacies in South Australia will be …
Very few palliative patients receive preventive deprescribing: study
Deprescribing is not commonplace in patients in their last months of life – which means a potential reduction in the quality of that life, researchers have found British research published …
Use aged care delay time well: Bonner
The delayed start to the new Aged Care Act offers a key opportunity for government to utilise pharmacists, says one expert Earlier this month (4 June 2025), health minister Mark …
‘We can’t separate beds from the people who make them matter’
Pharmacists and technicians are essential to multidisciplinary care teams, tackling the ramping crisis and supporting digital health transformation, says one stakeholder following the announcement of a public health investment Advanced …
‘He was concerned that his patients would think he was unwell’
The fear of a pharmacist calling out his name in-store was a factor in a psychiatrist’s self-prescribing under another name, a tribunal has heard The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal …
Flashback Friday: Back in the USSR
“You are to be butchered to make a socialists’ holiday!” pharmacists said in 1945, slamming the idea of pharmaceutical benefits We opened our June, 1945 edition with the dramatic tale …