The week in review
It’s been a busy week in pharmacy, as other health professionals continue to discuss the role of pharmacists GPs are still talking about the roles of pharmacists: this week Dr …
CWH expands footy partnership
Chemist Warehouse has teamed up with the NRL as the official naming rights partner for Sunday Football in 2019 In 2018, the discount giant had partnered with the NRL across …
Charges after pharmacy arrest
Victoria’s police oversight body has charged a Victoria Police officer with assault after the arrest of a man who held up a pharmacy with a pair of scissors According to …
Union calls for industry-wide bargaining
The employee pharmacists’ union has likened pharmacist wages to those of a “labourer” – a comparison the Guild rejects In a post on its website, Professional Pharmacists Australia has called …
Focus on non-dispensing roles, not fragmentation: GP
Non-dispensing pharmacists can strongly benefit patients and doctors, a leading GP has written – but the dispensing pharmacist model fragments care, she says Dr Ines Rio, Chair, AMAV Section of …
‘Now, the hard work starts.’
The Australian Digital Health Agency and PSA have welcomed the news that nine out of 10 Australians will have a My Health Record But Opposition health spokesperson Catherine King says …
DDS on top
Discount Drug Stores has been named Australian Chemist/Pharmacy of the Year in the Roy Morgan annual Customer Satisfaction Awards The discount brand scooped up the top prize following the highest …
World news wrapup: 21 February 2019
US pharmacist facing charges over alleged hit plan on witness; Indian pharmacist attacked by rioters; Indiana considers ethical rights Baltimore, Maryland: A pharmacist has been charged with hiring a person …
Help us help: Quilty
The shortcomings of provisions for emergency medicines access have been highlighted by the Guild’s national executive director following disasters in Tasmania and Queensland The recent bushfires in Tasmania and other …
A snapshot of drug use
Alcohol and nicotine remain the most-consumed licit drugs in Australia, while methylamphetamine is still the most-used illicit drug, new data show The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission has released the sixth …
Man slammed for buying ice but not analgesics
A man who brought a screwdriver to a pharmacy to demand painkillers was suffering from an infection in his foot, a court has heard Shane Roger Kellow was looking for …
‘Cannabis is very different from other pharmaceutical products.’
Health Minister Greg Hunt has said that medicinal cannabis shouldn’t be seen in a “mythical, mystical” context, at the launch of a national advocacy body Mr Hunt launched the Medicinal …