Pharmacists check pollies’ hearts
Canberra pharmacists have joined with Hearts4Heart to perform pulse-testing on Federal Parliamentarians as part of a national campaign to prevent strokes Politicians who had their pulse and heart rate tested …
Pharmacy services don’t belong in aisle six: Tassone
Supermarkets are only interested in the most profitable areas of pharmacy, one sector leader has warned, as marketing experts write in favour of deregulation In a piece in The Conversation, …
Matching the hype
There’s a lot of hype about probiotics – and consumer interest is outrunning their understanding of the evolving science Probiotics—and prebiotics—are a growing and swiftly-evolving product segment in Australia, with …
The week in review
The Health Minister and Shadow Minister gave us their thoughts on pharmacy’s immediate future this week, as doctor attacks continue The Tasmanian Health Minister, Sarah Courtney, announced the island state …
Pay: the discrepancies are real, says FWC
PPA says the Fair Work Commission has agreed that pharmacists’ pay needs to increase The Commission is broadening its inquiry to 29 awards for careers which require an undergraduate degree, …
How do patients treat migraine?
A new report into migraine has found that GPs are still prescribing a lot of codeine, with more than half of sufferers obtaining the medicine to treat their condition The …
Moving on up
The number of registered pharmacists in Australia continues to grow, as the Pharmacy Board releases its latest data profiling the sector’s workforce According to the Board’s latest data, there was …
Patient received up to 57 prescription codeine tablets a day
A pharmacist has been fined $100,000 after her conviction for supplying “massive” quantities of prescription-only codeine to a patient Appearing before the Sunshine Magistrates Court, Huyen Tran pleaded guilty to …
Tasmania moves on measles
Tasmania is set to roll out free measles catch-up vaccinations from GPs next week, before the program is expanded to pharmacies As the state Government highlighted earlier this year, Tasmanians …
How good is Queensland?
The new Queensland pharmacist prescribing trial is seen by many as a way to move Australian pharmacists away from winning the global “wooden spoon” for scope of practice. Megan Haggan …
World news wrapup: 12 September 2019
Former pharmacist pleads guilty to upskirting, bathroom recording charges; pharmacist convicted over circumcising boy without parental consent; Fred’s is no more Portland, Oregon: Former pharmacist Johnny Tuck Chee Chan has …
‘Even by Canberra standards, it’s been a long review.’
The controversial dollar discount has not worked as the Government intended, Opposition health spokesperson Chris Bowen has said Addressing the Pharmacy Guild’s Parliamentary Dinner on Tuesday night, Mr Bowen tackled …