Pharmacy: health destination or shop
When is a pharmacy a retail shop? That’s the question that was posed in Busselton, Western Australia, when a development application for a medical centre was knocked back because it …
Meningococcal vaccine update
More than half a million doses of Sanofi’s meningococcal vaccine, Menactra, have arrived in Australia The vaccine is indicated for people from two through to 55 years, to protect against …
Pharmacists in “unique” position to reduce fall risk
Falls are behind the vast majority of external-cause deaths among Australian nursing home residents, study finds The retrospective study of a cohort of nursing home residents used routinely recorded coronial data …
World news wrapup: 1 June 2017
Free apples for patients in New Zealand; Texas pharmacist spots alleged fraud; strikes across sector in India; and UK Health Department admits pharmacy funding errors Dunedin, New Zealand: The Albany …
‘Fear of facing pharmacists’ means common conditions ignored
A British online pharmacy has identified the most common ailments and conditions that consumers leave untreated If you’ve ever wondered whether your patients were too embarrassed to tell you or …
Symbion employee dismissed over Valium tampering
A Symbion employee has been dismissed following the Valium tampering allegations Valium 5mg supplied in blister packs of 50 tablets was recalled by Roche and the TGA after it was discovered that …
Smoking key in Indigenous life expectancy gap
Health stakeholders have joined in promoting World No Tobacco Day (May 31) in a bid to stamp out tobacco-related illness The World Health Organization highlighted how tobacco threatens the development …
National competency standards framework released
PPDC has released the national competency standards framework for pharmacists in Australia 2016 The 2016 framework has been endorsed by all 11 member organisations of the Pharmacy Practitioner Development Committee. …
Malouf donates to prostate cancer service
Malouf Pharmacies has helped raise funds and awareness to support the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia The group ran an in-store promotion across its 17 Queensland stores, donating 10 cents …
DDS announces FRED NXT partnership, new initiatives
Discount Drug Stores announces new initiatives and total sales growth in a flat market The brand’s new initiatives include a new pain management program, the launch of a health food …
Malouf names its top operators
Malouf Pharmacies’ Gympie store has taken out the group’s Supreme award for Store of the Year The Malouf group named its top performers at an “El Dia de Los Muertos” …
SA vaccination service expands into measles, mumps and more
South Australian pharmacists can now offer vaccination for more infectious diseases… and doctors aren’t happy Jack Snelling, South Australia’s health minister, announced that people aged 16 and over will now …