The week in review
Pharmacists are currently meeting in Sydney for PSA’s flagship conference… to talk about the Pharmacy Programs Agreement and name the country’s top pharmacists Health minister Mark Butler has told delegates …
Negotiations on pharmacy programs agreement underway
“For too long pharmacy programs have been scattered across a range of mechanisms without comprehensive evaluation of their impact,” says a pharmacy stakeholder – but that’s about to change Health …
PSA names nation’s leading pharmacists
Three pharmacists have been recognised for their record in going “above and beyond” for their patients and the profession The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has announced the recipients of its …
Overworked pharmacist wanted to ‘please and impress his employer’
A pharmacist has gained insight into his former “naïve and overly trusting approach” which saw him dispense S8s on invalid scripts to “friends of friends” The pharmacist has had his …
World news wrapup: 31 July 2025
Baby’s medication error death highlights NZ pressures; “alternative” GLP-1 agonists scrutinised; Novo Nordisk share drop Auckland, New Zealand: A two-month-old girl has died following a medication error by a pharmacy, …
‘Men in the community need to control their anger’
A magistrate has told one man that however he may feel about perceived shortcomings in a pharmacy’s medicinal cannabis system, he has to keep a leash on his temper The …
Nominations open for wellbeing warriors
The Pharmacists’ Support Service has announced that nominations for the John Coppock Pharmacist Wellbeing Award for 2025 will open on Wednesday 30th July 2025 and close on Wednesday 10th September …
Pharmacist made 101 fraudulent claims
A pharmacist uploaded another woman’s nude images without consent, defrauded back-to-work payment schemes and was caught with drug-manufacturing equipment The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard that a pharmacist …
Right guidance never more vital
A newly updated pharmacy practice standard for general medicine has been released by Advanced Pharmacy Australia The standard sets out best practice principles and professional standards for pharmacists working in …
‘There has to be a better way of doing this’
A pilot study has examined how hospital pharmacists see the factors which contribute to medicine-related problems at transitions of care A focus group of hospital pharmacists from a large Australian …
World news wrapup: 24 July 2025
Pharmacist drops off unlabelled meds at a Dairy Queen for patient; pharmacist warned over unregulated gender affirming drugs dispensing; alcoholism provokes Ozempic theft UK: The General Pharmaceutical Council has issued …
Pharmacist’s ‘serious, flagrant, deliberate, repeated’ behaviour earns reprimand
A Melbourne pharmacist has come out of the ‘rabbit hole’ of Covid conspiracy theories, she has told a tribunal The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard that the pharmacist …