Restrictions easing pressure on heart meds stock: Foundation
The Heart Foundation has moved to reassure patients that their heart medicines are in stock and they do not need to worry or stockpile medications It told the general public …
Enforce guidance on insulin: Novo
There are “no current supply constraints” on Novo Nordisk’s insulin products, the organisation says In a statement to its customers Novo wrote that “We know you are inundated with information. …
WA extends emergency provisions
WA has joined NSW and Victoria in implementing emergency supply provisions in response to the COVID-19 emergency Western Australia’s Chief Health Officer Dr Andrew Robertson declared that effective from Thursday, …
World news wrapup: 27 March 2020
Doctors slammed for triple length scripts; new hours to keep UK pharmacies open; Californian pharmacists want recognition and protection UK: British GPs have come under fire for giving patients prescriptions …
‘Impossible to predict’ how demand will unfold
Uncertainty thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic means Sigma won’t give full guidance as to earnings, but the wholesaler has achieved “outstanding” results, it says In a statement to the ASX …
Grocery hour for essential health workers
Pharmacists are among the health professionals who will be able to take advantage of a Coles dedicated shopping time slot On Tuesday Coles announced that it is dedicating two Community …
‘The public are looking to pharmacy to stand up in this crisis.’
The NSW Government has announced it will extend the special authority for emergency supply of medicines without a prescription Patients will be able to receive a maximum PBS quantity or …
S8s case highlights ‘tragic and significant problem’
A GP and pharmacist has been suspended after his inappropriate prescribing of S8s painkillers and other drugs of concern The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted a general practitioner and pharmacist …
Strategies for managing conflict
PDL’s Gary West offers some ways to help manage conflict, in increasingly difficult times At APP2020 Online on the Gold Coast, PDL Professional Officer spoke about the increasing problem of …
Hypertension patients told not to stop meds
The Heart Foundation says routine use of ARB and ACE inhibitors should continue, after concerns were raised about worse outcomes with COVID-19 newsGP reports that doctors have been querying the …
Flu vax surveillance includes pharmacists for first time
A new pilot program aims to monitor the effects of influenza vaccines administered by pharmacists this flu season – and could potentially roll out to a coronavirus vaccine The new …
Coronavirus tanks consumer, business confidence
Australian Consumer Confidence has plummeted to a 30-year low, says Roy Morgan in a market research update Confidence fell by a massive 27.8% last week, the organisation reports, bringing the …