Not the time to ‘ease off’ flu jabs: Guild
More than one million Queenslanders have already received their influenza vaccine since the free flu program began in March But with hospital admissions on the rise and 37 flu-related deaths …
Weight management meds, anaesthesia warning
The TGA has required updates to medicines information documents for GLP-1 and dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonists, due to risk during deep sedation or anaesthesia The Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued …
Dog bites man, man sentenced
A Pimpama man has been sentenced for a pharmacy robbery which saw him chased down and caught by a police dog In December 2024, Barclay Christopher McIver smashed the front …
Environment and health expert keynote announced
Global public health leader announced as MM2025 keynote speaker International expert in environment and health Dr Sandro Demaio will lead the second MM2025 plenary in Melbourne this November, Advanced Pharmacy …
New PSA presidents elected
The PSA has welcomed two new leaders in Victoria and the ACT The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has welcomed the election of Atinuke ‘Tinu’ Abraham to lead its Victorian …
First pharmacy graduates earn ‘Doctor of Pharmacy’ title
Charles Darwin University pharmacy graduates have become the first in Australia to be awarded the title of ‘Doctor of Pharmacy’ This follows accreditation changes announced by the Federal Government in …
Australia an exemplar on global issues
Having attended the World Health Assembly in Geneva as part of the FIP delegation this month, one leading pharmacist shares some key takeaways Tom Simpson FANZCAP (Lead&Mgmt), national president of …
Stakeholder blames insurers for private sector crisis
Fifty-year-old private hospital to close in what one stakeholder calls an “insurer-induced viability crisis” Former pharmacist and now Australian Medical Association Queensland president Dr Nick Yim has spoken to ABC …
PSA Faye McMillan conference grants awarded
In marking National Reconciliation Week from 27 May to 3 June 2025, the PSA has announced the recipients of the third annual PSA Faye McMillan Conference Grant The grant supports the continued professional …
MACs need support, resourcing: author
A new national audit led by Monash University has shed light on how medication use is governed in Australian residential aged care The audit has revealed wide variation in the …
GP pharmacists hit ‘tipping point’
“We’re not just knocking on doors anymore—we’re being welcomed in,” says one leading pharmacist, of the change in the way GPs see practice pharmacists It was standing-room only at a …
‘Unrestrained access to large amounts of sodium bicarbonate’
Vials of sodium bicarbonate were taken from numerous locations, including a resuscitation trolley, trolleys elsewhere in Emergency, and ambulance staff’s re-stocking cupboard, in a case where a woman died after …