CWH employee steals $22k from tills
A Sydney man has fronted court on stealing charges, and been banned from every Chemist Warehouse in NSW The Daily Telegraph has reported on the case of Adith Selaboiyna, who …
Flashback Friday: Crayon crackdown
The Pharmacy Board turns its sights on poisonous crayons, while a girl dies after a doctor’s bad handwriting takes a deadly turn “With the full consensus of the Health Department, …
‘Deliberately confusing, jargon-laden and designed to entrap’
Private hospitals slam providers of insurance products, which they say “must be reformed to be more comprehensive, transparent and user-friendly” The Australian Private Hospitals Association has again heavily criticised insurance …
Poll: Do you dispense medicinal cannabis?
It’s one of 2025’s most visible topics in pharmacy—is medicinal cannabis being dispensed safely? We’d like to know whether you dispense the controversial medicines, and if not, why not The …
Union hopes unpaid super claims will dwindle under new rules
The ATO is asking employers to get ready for the advent of payday super, as pharmacy union welcomes the change “From the 1st of July next year, employers will be …
A glimpse into the near future
More than 85% of hospital pharmacy leaders see advanced pharmacy being key in care beyond hospital walls; more than half think the sector will lead national governance and quality use …
Pharmacist-led prescribing expected by 2030
But the strong belief amongst pharmacists that a national framework will be in place by that date may not be fulfilled, report warns As part of its Pharmacy Forecast Australia …
Is Australia ready for a ‘black swan’ event?
Hospital pharmacists look at unlikely, disruptive events for the first time in their forecast – and there’s much more to it than the shadow of another pandemic Advanced Pharmacy Australia …
National effort to make medicines safer for older Australians
The University of South Australia is calling for aged care providers and pharmacists to join a new pilot study to assess medication safety and management in residential aged care Developed …
‘We’ve had enough of retail workers being treated like punching bags’
Pharmacy workers facing growing retail crime are “just trying to earn a living doing what they love”, says union NSW has rolled out a new retail crime strategy, developed in …
‘We are not even talking to one another about our burnout’
Could 90% of pharmacists have ever experienced burnout in their professional lives? Recently, the AJP ran a poll asking if you had ever experienced burnout – and what you did …
Following a medicine’s journey
Wholesalers have talked disaster management, rural medicines access and shortage handling with pharmacists, on-site at a distribution centre Branch committee members and senior representatives from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, …