Community pharmacists to write their first PBS scripts
National trials for pharmacy UTI and contraceptive pill services, new menopause and contraceptive treatments on the PBS, and more choice in contraceptives announced Pharmacy and other health stakeholder groups have …
The week in review
Pharmacist services and expansion of scope have been under the spotlight this week… from vaccination, to vaping, to PMPP, to loneliness The Northern Territory kicked off the week in wider …
‘We’ve seen that wages have definitely dropped’
With a “drastic” change in competition, pay rates have dropped for locums, one expert says – and many employers cap or don’t pay travel costs Co-founder of Locumate Kavita Nadan …
‘South Australia is the envy of our pharmacist vaccinator colleagues’
South Australia is leading the country when it comes to pharmacist-provided vaccination services, says one leading member of the profession The Malinauskas Labor government has introduced new regulations allowing South …
Flashback Friday: ‘compulsory use of poison bottles’ recommended
We take a look at the days when “any one” could sell arsenic-saturated biscuits with no poison warnings It’s January 1905, and the pharmacists of Australia’s youthful Commonwealth have medicines …
Who is more likely to fall in aged care?
Gender and body mass index are linked to the likelihood of a fall in residential aged care, study finds Dr Charles Okafor from UQ’s Centre for Health Services Research said …
‘Children and adolescents’ challenges are more complex than ever’
Children and adolescents have not been a significant focus when it comes to health care design – and that needs to change, one expert warns Professor Michael Dooley, chair of …
Should PPMP extend to aged care and GP settings?
Hospital pharmacists call for national medicines access equity for patients, and a more useful approach to medicines shortages Advanced Pharmacy Australia has released its 2025-26 federal pre-budget submission, in which …
Pharmacists in social prescribing needs piloting and evaluating: experts
Could a change to prescriptions see pharmacists providing easier access to social prescribing? Pharmacists from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia NSW and Pharmacy Addressing Loneliness and Social Isolation (PALS) have …
‘It is a hospital system under very, very serious pressure’
The federal government has announced more funding for public hospitals – but does this extend to pharmacists? The Albanese government has announced an additional $1.7 billion to fund public hospitals …
World news wrapup: 6 February 2025
Pharmacist guilty of her husband’s insulin murder; Canadians ponder pharmacy choice; warning over Ozempic-linked death Beckley, West Virginia – Former pharmacist Natalie Cochran has been given a “no mercy” sentence …
Hospital evidence and insight key to enhancing pharmacy programs
Expertise and experience of Australia’s hospital pharmacy profession is crucial to success and sustainability, stakeholder says Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has welcomed the opening of consultation on a new pharmacy …